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With  Compliments  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company 


This  volume  illustrates  a portion  of  the  work  required  for  the 
New  York  City  extension  and  station  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad, 
the  latter  also  to  be  used  by  the  Long  Island  Railroad  which  it  con- 
trols. The  Station  will  occupy  an  area  of  four  city  blocks,  bounded 
by  33rd  Street,  yth  Avenue,  31st  Street  and  9th  Avenue.  The  tracks 
in  the  station  will  be  from  40  to  50  feet  below  the  street  surface. 
From  the  station  westward  there  will  be  two  railroad  tracks  under 
32nd  Street  to  the  North  River  and  thence,  each  track  in  a separate 
tunnel  under  the  river  and  Bergen  Hill,  reaching  the  surface  at  the 
west  face  of  the  hill,  and  thence  on  embankment  and  viaduct  over  the 
Hackensack  Meadow  to  a connection  with  the  present  line  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad,  one  mile  east  of^Newark.  The  tunnels  will 
be  extended  eastward  from  the  station  under  32nd  Street  and  33rd 
Street  and  East  River,  accommodating  four  tracks  in  four  separate 
tunnels  east  of  5th  Avenue,  and  will  reach  the  surface  of  the  ground 
about  one  mile  east  of  the  river  terminating  in  a terminal  yard.  In 
this  yard  connections  northward  across  Hell  Gate  and  channels  ad- 
jacent will  be  made  with  the  New  Haven  System’ and  eastward  with 
the  Long  Island  Railroad. 


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Railroad 


North  River  Division 


NOTICE  TO  CONTRACTORS 
INSTRUCTIONS  TO  BIDDERS 
PROPOSAL  FOR  SECTION  Qj 
PROPOSAL  FOR  SECTION  I 
PROPOSAL  FOR  SECTION  K 
SPECIFICATIONS 
CONTRACT 

INDEX  TO  SPECIFICATIONS 
INDEX  TO  CONTRACT 


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NOTICE  TO  CONTRACTORS 


{For  American  Press.) 


NOTICE  TO  CONTRACTORS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  & NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

NORTH  RIVBR  DIVISION. 

CONSTRUCTION  OF  TUNNELS  UNDER  BERGEN  HILL  AND 

NORTH  RIVER. 


New  York,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  1,  1903. 

Sealed  proposals  for  the  works  necessary  to  the  construction  of  various 
Sections  of  Tunnels  under  Bergen  Hill  and  North  River  within  the  State 
of  New  Jersey  will  be  received  at  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Com- 
pany at  85  Cedar  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.,  until  12  o’clock  noon  on 
the  15th  day  of  December,  1903. 

A copy  of  each  of  the  following  documents: 

Instructions  to  Bidders, 

Proposals, 

Specifications, 

Contract, 

Contract  Drawings, 

will  be  furnished  to  intending  bidders  on  written  request,  accompanied  by  a 
certified  check  for  $25.00  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey 
& New  York  Railroad  Company,  to  be  retained  by  the  Company. 

The  documents  above  referred  to  will  be  furnished  by  the  Chief  Engineer 
at  20  West  34th  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.  Supplementary  drawings  ex- 
hibiting geological  formation,  so  far  as  has  been  determined  by  borings,  and 
records  of  certain  experimental  work,  which  may  afford  data  to  the  Contractor, 
can  also  be  seen  at  this  address. 

The  Contractor’s  Bond  will  be  10%  of  the  amount  of  his  bid.  The  right  is 
reserved  to  reject  any  or  all  bids. 

A.  J.  COUNTY, 

Secretary. 


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{For  British  Press.) 


NOTICE  TO  CONTRACTORS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  & NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

NORTH  RIVKR  DIVISION. 

CONSTRUCTION  OF  TUNNELS  UNDER  BERGEN  HILL  AND 
NORTH  (HUDSON)  RIVER. 


New  York,  N.  Y.,  Oct,  1,  1903. 

Sealed  tenders  for  the  works  necessary  to  the  construction  of  various 
Sections  of  Tunnels  under  Bergen  Hill  and  North  (Hudson)  River  within  the 
State  of  New  Jersey  will  h«  I’eceived  at  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Com- 
pany at  85  Cedar  Street,  New  York  City,  New  York  State,  U.  S.  A.,  until  12 
o’clock  noon  on  the  15th  day  of  December,  1903. 

A copy  of  each  of  the  following  documents: 

Instructions  to  Bidders, 

Proposals, 

Specifications, 

Contract, 

Contract  Drawings, 

will  be  furnished  to  intending  bidders  on  written  request,  accompanied  by  a 
certified  check  for  $25.00  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Pennsylvania,  New 
Jersey  & New  York  Railroad  Company,  to  be  retained  by  the  Company. 

The  documents  above  referred  to  will  be  furnished  by  the  Chief  Engineer 
at  20  West  31th  Street,  New  York  City,  New  York  State,  U.  S.  A.  Supple- 
mentary drawings  exhibiting  geological  formation,  so  far  as  has  been  deter- 
mined by  borings,  and  records  of  certain  experimental  work,  which  may 
afford  data  to  the  Contractor,  can  also  be  seen  at  this  address. 

The  Contractor’s  Bond  will  be  10%  of  the  amount  of  his  bid.  The  right 
is  reserved  to  reject  any  or  all  bids. 

The  above  mentioned  plans  and  documents  may  be  seen  at  the  office  of 
Messrs.  Jacobs  & Barringer,  78  Gracechurch  Street,  London,  E.  C. 

A.  J.  COUNTY, 
Secretary. 


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INSTRUCTIONS  TO  BIDDERS 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


NORTH  RIVER  DIVISION. 


INSTRUCTIONS  TO  BIDDERS. 


Proposals  must  be  made  on  the  form  furnished  by  the  Company.  All 
blank  spaces  in  the  proposal  for  any  Section  must  be  filled  in  and  no  change 
shall  be  made  in  the  phraseology  of  the  proposal  or  addition  to  the  items  men- 
tioned therein. 

A copy  of  the  printed  Specifications,  Proposals,  Contract  and  Contract 
Drawings  will  be  furnished  on  w-ritten  request,  accompanied  by  a certified 
check  for  Twenty-five  Dollars  ($25.00),  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Pennsylvania, 
New  Jersey  and  New  York  Railroad  Company,  to  be  retained  by  the  Company. 

Proposals  must  be  in  sealed  envelopes,  addressed  to  A.  J.  County,  Secre- 
tary P.,  N.  J.  & N.  Y.  R.  R.  Co.,  85  Cedar  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  the 

envelopes  endorsed  “ Proposals  for  Constructing  Sections , 

P.,  N.  J.  & N.  Y.  R.  R.”  They  will  be  received  until  12  o’clock  noon, 
, 1903. 

The  bidder  must  deposit  with  his  proposal  a certified  check  drawn  on  a 
solvent  bank  in  New  York  City  payable  to  the  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey  and 
New  York  Railroad  Company,  for  an  amount  equal  to  2 per  cent.  (2%)  of  his 
bid.  This  check  will  be  returned  to  the  bidder  within  sixty  (60)  days  if  his  bid 
is  not  accepted.  The  check  of  the  successful  bidder  will  be  i-eturned  to  him  as 
soon  as  the  Contract  is  signed. 

If  a bidder  wishes  to  withdraw  his  proposal,  he  may  do  so  before  the  time 
above  fixed  by  communicating  his  wish  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Company. 

The  plans  and  specifications  provide  for  driving  by  the  shield  method  tun- 
nels under  North  River  and  tunnels  by  ordinary  methods  under  Bergen  Hill 
with  cut  approach,  to  the  west  end  thereof  all  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey. 
The  bidder  is  desired  to  name  prices  for  the  work  as  described  in  the  specifica- 
tions and  shown  on  the  plans.  Alternative  propositions  will  be  received  for 


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the  work  shown  in  the  plans  as  shield  driven,  based  on  plans  submitted  by  the 
bidder,  but  such  plans  must  conform  to  the  following  general  requirements: 

1.  The  shell  of  the  tunnel  must  consist  of  a metal  lining  with  concrete 
inside.  The  metal  lining  shall  be  circular  in  cross-section,  or  so  braced  as  to 
give  equal  strength. 

2.  The  metal  lining  must  have  sufficient  thickness  to  resist  corrosion.  If 
not  enveloped  in  masonry,  it  must  conform  to  the  Contract  Drawings;  if 
enveloped  in  masonry,  the  thickness  must  be  at  least  | inch  if  of  lolled  metal, 
and  at  least  H inches  if  of  cast  metal. 

3.  The  metal  lining  must  be  so  designed  as  to  be  readily  made  watertight. 
If  continuous  structure  of  rolled  metal,  the  joints  may  be  made  by  riveting  and 
caulking  equal  to  the  best  boiler  work.  If  built  in  rings  with  flange  connections, 
all  flanges  after  facing  must  be  of  the  full  thickness  above  required  for 
linings. 

i.  If  the  lining  metal  is  cast,  the  bolting  and  niaking  of  joints  must  equal 
in  strength  and  efficiency  the  corresponding  details  on  the  Contract  Drawings. 

5.  If  the  lining  metal  is  rolled  and  provided  with  flange  connections,  the 
concrete  inside  shall  contain  twisted  or  corrugated  longitudinal  bars  of  an 
aggregate  cross-section  of  at  least  70  squai’e  inches. 

6.  The  thickness  of  concrete  inside  the  web  of  the  metal  lining  shall  be  not 
less  than  22^  inches.  The  finished  interior  cross-section,  the  provisions  for 
electric  ducts  and  connections,  drainage  and  other  details  must  be  the  same  as 
shown  on  the  Contract  Drawings. 

7.  If  the  metal  lining  is  wholly  embedded  in  masonry,  the  protecting 
masonry  outside  must  be  at  least  (>  inches  thick.  It  must  be  placed  in  such  a 
manner  that  all  parts  of  the  process  can  be  inspected.  Grouting  from  the  interior 
through  holes  in  the  lining  will  not  be  considered  masonry  for  this  require- 
ment. 

8.  The  construction  proposed  must  be  in  every  respect  equal  in  strength 
and  efficiency,  when  completed,  to  that  shown  on  the  Contract  Di'a wings,  and 
under  North  River  must  have  adequate  support  on  piles  or  cylinders  for  the 
entire  live  load.  In  calculating  strength,  only  the  metal  lining  and  the  masonry 
inside  of  it  will  be  taken  into  consideration.  The  masonry  outside  the  metal 
lining  will  not  be  included  in  these  calculations. 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


9.  The  bidder  must  submit,  with  his  bid,  a full  description  with  drawings 
of  the  methods  of  executing  the  work,  the  general  features  of  construction 
and  all  important  details. 

10.  The  decision  of  the  Board  of  Engineers  as  to  the  adequacy  of  the 
bidders’  plans  and  methods  must  be  accepted  as  final. 

n.  Incase  the  bidders’ plans  and  proposals  are  accepted,  all  further  details 
in  the  plans  and  methods  will  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Engineer,  and 
no  change  in  such  plans  and  methods,  or  in  the  general  plans  and  methods 
accepted  by  the  Board  of  Engineers  will  be  permitted  during  the  progress  of 
the  work  without  the  written  permission  of  the  Engineer. 

12.  If  the  alternative  plans  are  accepted  by  the  Company,  the  work  shall 
be  subject  to  the  specifications  accompanying  the  plans  shown  on  the  Contract 
Drawings,  wherever  applicable. 

If  contracts  for  Sections  meeting  at  the  shaft  are  awarded  to  different 
parties  they  will  be  required  to  make  joint  arrangements  for  the  use  of  the 
shaft  and  adjacent  ground  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Contractors  in  accord- 
ance with  the  specifications. 

The  Schedules  of  Unit  Prices  must  not  be  unbalanced  and  bids  which  the 
Company  considers  unbalanced  may  be  rejected. 

It  is  understood  that  the  quantities  given  are  approximate  only,  and 
that  no  claim  shall  be  made  against  the  Company  on  account  of  any 
excess  or  deficiency,  absolute  or  relative,  in  the  same,  except  as  provided  in 
the  specifications  and  contract.  Bidders  are  expected  to  examine  the  maps 
and  plans,  to  visit  the  locality  of  the  work  and  to  make  their  own  estimate 
of  the  facilities  and  difficulties  attending  the  execution  of  the  proposed 
work. 

The  right  to  reject  any  and  all  bids  is  reserved. 


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PROPOSALS 


PROPOSAL  FOR  SECTION  Gj. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

NORTH  RIVER  DIVISION. 


, 1903. 

To  THE  Penns  i^LVANiA,  New  Jersey  and 

New  York  Railroad  Company. 

Sirs: 

In  accordance  with  your  Advertisement  of , 1903, 

invitinfj;  Proposals  for  one  or  more  sections  of  the  work  described  in  your 
Specifications  and  form  of  Contract  and  shown  on  your  Contract  Drawings, 
copies  of  all  of  which  are  hereto  attached  and,  so  far  as  they  relate  to 
this  proposal  are  made  part  of  it,  we  (or)  I propose  to  furnish  all  the 
materials  and  perform  all  the  work  required  in  Section  Gj  for  the  unit  prices 
and  amounts  given  in  detail  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract  and  summarized 
in  the  following  tabular  statement: 


Description  of  item. 

Contract 

Schedule 

No. 

j 

Quantity. 

North  River  Tunnels 
driven  with  shield— 
Cast  iron  lined 

21 

lin.  feet 

1 

5,880 

Screw  Piles  driven  to  a 
depth  of  30  feet  (North 
River  Tunnels) 

25 

number 

110 

Screw  Piles  driven  to  a 
depth  of  50  feet  (North 
River  Tunnels) 

20 

number 

38 

Screw  Piles  driven  to  a 
depth  of  70  feet  (North 
River  Tunnels) 

27 

number 

156 

Screw  Piles  driven  to  a 
depth  of  90  feet  (North 
River  Tunnels) 

28 

number 

58 

Weehawken  Tunnel  En- 
largeme  nts  — (Shield 
Chambers)  — In  Con- 
crete with  brick  arch 
(to  the  east  of  Weehaw- 
ken Shaft) 

31 

lin.  feet 

52 

Weehawken  Tunnels — 
In  Concrete  with  brick 
arch  (to  the  east  of 
Weehawken  Shaft)... 

32 

lin.  feet 

112 

Price. 

Amount. 

$ 

$ 

Total  for  Section  Gj. 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


The  prices  for  tunnels  driven  with  shields  above  named  and  stated  more  fully 
in  Schedule  No.  24  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract  are  made  with  the  under- 
standing that  concrete  within  the  cast  iron  lining  will  be  placed  in  air  of 
normal  pressure.  If  required  to  place  such  concrete  in  compressed  air,  the 
unit  price  for  concrete  so  placed  in  compressed  air  in  tunnel  driven  with 
shield  is  to  be  increased  as  per  Schedule  No.  35  in  the  attached  form  of  Con- 
tract, such  additional  price  to  include  additional  cost  of  placing  electric 
conduits,  metal  work  and  all  other  work  necessarily  required  while  placing 
concrete. 

We  (or)  T propose  to  furnish  screw  piles  driven  from  the  North  River  Tun- 
nels to  depths  not  enumerated  in  the  foregoing  tabular  statement  at  the  unit 
prices  per  screw  pile  added  to  or  deducted  from  at  the  unit  prices  per  lineal 
foot  as  per  Schedules  Nos.  25  to  30  inclusive  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract, 
also  to  furnish  cast  steel  lined  tunnel  at  the  price  per  lineal  foot  stated  in 
Schedule  No.  33,  and  cast  iron  lined  tunnel  driven  without  shield  at  the  price 
per  lineal  foot  stated  in  Schedule  No.  34,  all  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract. 

We  (or)  I propose  to  furnish  iron  and  steel  castings  and  bolts,  delivered  in 
such  quantities  and  at  such  places  at  or  near  the  work  as  the  Engineer  may 
require,  at  the  unit  price  per  pound  stated  in  Schedule  No.  42  in  the  attached 
form  of  Contract. 

If  the  Company  elects  to  have  the  materials  fully  disposed  of  by  the  Con- 
tractor as  stipulated  in  paragraph  307  of  the  specifications,  we  (or)  I propose 
to  furnish  all  required  appliances  and  fully  dispose  of  the  materials  at  the  rate 
named  in  paragraph  22  of  the  attached  form  of  Contract. 

If  materials  not  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  or  enumerated  in  the 
Schedules  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract  should  be  required  in  the  completed 
work,  we  (or)  I propose  to  furnish  the  same,  including  all  labor  required  thereon, 
at  the  unit  prices  named  in  Schedule  No.  35  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract. 

This  proposal  is  subject  to  all  the  conditions  and  requirements  of  your 
Instructions  to  bidders.  Specifications  and  form  of  Contract.  It  is  made 
with  a full  knowledge  of  the  kind  and  quality  of  all  the  articles  required  and 
after  verification  of  the  quantities  from  the  Contract  Drawings  attached  hereto, 
and  with  a full  understanding  that  the  details  of  said  plans  and  the  quantities 
of  the  several  classes  of  materials  to  be  furnished  and  of  the  several  classes  of 
work  to  be  done  may  be  modified  or  changed  during  the  progress  of  the  work 
at  your  option,  and  in  such  case  or  cases,  the  unit  prices  for  materials  or  labor 
named  in  the  Schedules  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract  will  be  accepted  by 
the  undersigned  as  a basis  of  payment  in  lieu  of  the  gross  sum  or  sums  named 
herein. 

We  (or)  I enclose  a certified  check  payable  to  the  Pennsylvania,  New 
Jersey  and  New  York  Railroad  Company  for  the  sum  of 


($ ) Dollars,  being  2%  of  this  bid. 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


If  this  proposal  is  accepted,  we  (or)  I will  within  ten  days  after  receiving 
written  notice  of  such  acceptance  enter  into  contract  with  good  and  sufficient 
sureties  for  the  faithful  performance  thereof. 

(Signature) - 

(Address) 

(Signature) 

(Address) 


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PROPOSAL  FOR  SECTION  1. 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

NORTH  RIVER  DIVISION. 


, 1903. 


To  THE  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey  and 

New  York  Railroad  Company. 

Sirs: 

In  accordance  with  yonr  Advertisement  of , 1903, 

inviting  Proposals  for  one  or  more  sections  of  the  work  described  in  your 
General  Specifications  and  form  of  Contract  and  shown  on  your  Contract 
Drawings,  copies  of  all  of  which  are  hereto  attached,  and,  so  far  as  they  relate 
to  this  proposal,  are  made  part  of  it,  we  (or)  I propose  to  furnish  all  the 
materials  and  perform  all  the  work  required  in  Section  I for  the  sum  of 

Dollars  and cents  ($ ). 

This  sum  is  for  the  quantities  of  materials  and  labor  and  at  the  unit  prices 
named  in  Schedule  No.  36  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract. 

If  the  Company  elects  to  have  the  materials  fully  disposed  of  by  the  Con- 
tractor as  stipulated  in  paragraph  307  of  the  specifications,  we  (or)  I propose 
to  furnish  all  required  appliances  and  fully  dispose  of  the  materials  at  the  rate 
named  in  paragraph  '■22  of  the  attached  form  of  Contract. 

If  materials  not  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  or  enumerated  in  the 
Schedules  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract  should  be  required  in  the  com- 
pleted work,  we  (or)  I propose  to  furnish  the  same,  including  all  labor  required 
thereon,  at  the  unit  prices  named  in  Schedule  No.  37  in  the  attached  form  of 
Contract. 

This  proposal  is  subject  to  all  the  conditions  and  requirements  of  your 
Instructions  to  bidders.  General  Specifications  and  form  of  Contract.  It  is 
made  with  a full  knowledge  of  the  kind  and  quality  of  all  the  articles  required 
and  after  verification  of  the  quantities  from  the  Contract  Drawings  attached 
hereto,  and  with  a full  understanding  that  the  details  of  said  plans  and  the 


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quantities  of  the  several  classes  of  materials  to  be  furnished  and  of  the  several 
classes  of  work  to  be  done  may  be  modified  or  changed  during  the  progress  of 
the  work  at  your  option,  and  in  such  case  or  cases,  the  unit  prices  for  materials 
or  labor  named  in  the  Schedules  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract  will  be 
accepted  by  the  undersigned  as  a basis  of  payment  in  lieu  of  the  gross  sum  or 
sums  named  herein. 

We  (or)  I enclose  a certified  check  payable  to  the  Pennsylvania,  New 
Jersey  and  New  York  Railroad  Company  for  the  sum  of 


($ ) Dollars,  being  2%  of  this  bid. 

If  this  proposal  is  accepted,  we  (or)  I will  within  ten  days  after  receiving 
written  notice  of  such  acceptance  enter  into  contract  with  good  and  sufficient 
sureties  for  the  faithful  performance  thereof. 

(Signature) 

(Address) 

(Signature) 

(Address) 


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PROPOSAL  FOR  SECTION  K. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

NORTH  RIVER  DIVISION. 


, 1903. 


To  THE  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey  and 

New  York  Railroad  Company. 

Sirs: 

In  accordance  with  your  Advertisement  of , 1903, 

inviting  Proposals  for  one  or  more  sections  of  the  work  described  in  your 
Specifications  and  form  of  Contract  and  shown  on  your  Contract  Drawings, 
copies  of  all  of  which  are  hereto  attached,  and,  so  far  as  they  relate 
to  this  proposal,  are  made  part  of  it,  we  (or)  I propose  to  furnish  all  the 
materials  and  perform  all  the  work  required  in  Section  K for  the  unit  prices 
and  amounts  given  in  detail  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract  and  summarized 
in  the  following  tabular  statement: 


Description  of  item. 

Contract 

Schedule 

No. 

Quantity. 

Price. 

Amount. 

Miscellaneous  Work  in 
Weehawken  Shaft. . 

88 

the  total 

sum  of 

$ 

$ 

<1^ 

Bergen  Hill  Tunnels— 
in  concrete  with 
brick  arch 

39 

liu.  feet 

the  total 

11,820. 

sum  of 

Hackensack  Portal  andi 
Approaeh 

10 

Total  for  Seotinn  K 

If  the  Company  elects  to  have  the  materials  fully  disposed  of  by  the  Con- 
tractor as  stipulated  in  paragraph  307  of  the  specifications,  we  (or)  I propose 


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to  furnish  all  required  appliances  and  fully  dispose  of  the  materials  at  the  rate 
named  in  paragraph  22  of  the  attached  form  of  Contract. 

If  materials  not  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  or  enumerated  in  the 
Schedules  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract  should  be  required  in  the  com- 
pleted work,  we  (or)  I propose  to  furnish  the  same,  including  all  labor  required 
thereon,  at  the  unit  prices  named  in  Schedule  No.  41  in  the  attached  form  of 
Contract. 

This  proposal  is  subject  to  all  the  conditions  and  requirements  of  your 
Instructions  to  bidders,  Specifications  and  form  of  Contract.  It  is  made 
with  a full  knowledge  of  the  kind  and  quality  of  all  the  articles  required  and 
after  verification  of  the  quantities  from  the  Contract  Drawings  attached 
hereto,  and  with  a full  understanding  that  the  details  of  said  plans  and  the 
quantities  of  the  several  classes  of  materials  to  be  furnished  and  of  the  several 
classes  of  work  to  be  done  may  be  modified  or  changed  (luring  the  progress  of 
the  work  at  your  option,  and  in  such  case  or  cases,  the  unit  prices  for  materials 
or  labor  named  in  the  Schedules  in  the  attached  form  of  Contract  will  be 
accepted  by  the  undersigned  as  a basis  of  payment  in  lieu  of  the  gross  sum  or 
sums  named  herein. 

We  (or)  I enclose  a certified  check  payable  to  the  Pennsylvania,  New 
Jersey  and  New  York  Railroad  Company  for  the  sum  of 


($ ) Dollars,  being  2%  of  this  bid. 

If  this  proposal  is  accepted,  we  (or)  I will  within  ten  days  after  receiving 
written  notice  of  such  acceptance  enter  into  contract  with  good  and  sufficient 
sureties  for  the  faithful  performance  thereof. 

(Signature)  

(Address) 

(Signature)  

(Address) 


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SPECIFICATIONS 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 
NORTH  RIVBR  DIVISION. 

(Sections  “Gj,”  “I  ” and  “K,”) 

SPECIFICATIONS. 

Marginal  notes  do  not  form  a part  of  these  Specifications. 

General  Description. 

1.  These  specifications  relate  to  constructions  for  railroad  lines  between 
the  boundary  line  in  the  North  River  of  the  States  of  New  Jersey  and  New 
York  and  the  west  face  of  Bergen  Hill  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  a distance 
of  about  1.80  miles.  The  work  is  divided  into  the  following  Sections: 

2.  Section  Gj  will  embrace  the  lines  extending  from  under  the  North 
River  at  Station  231  + 78  at  the  State  boundary  line  in  said  river  to  Station 
263  + 50  adjoining  the  east  side  of  portal  at  the  east  end  of  the  Weehawken 
Shaft.  The  length  of  Section  Gj  will  be  3,172  feet,  more  or  less.  Separate 
single  track  iron  tubular  tunnels  to  be  constructed  by  the  shield  method  will 
pass  under  the  North  River  to  near  the  west  end  of  the  Section,  terminating 
with  tunnels  to  be  built  without  shields,  at  the  east  end  of  Weehawken 
Shaft.  Typical  cross  sections  and  other  details  are  shown  on  Contract  Draw- 
ings Nos.  1000,  1002,  1003,  1004,  1005,  1006,  1007,  1008,  1009,  1010,  1011,  1011, 

1015,  1016,  1017,  1018,  1019,  1028,  1029,  1030,  1031,  1032,  1033,  1031,  1035,1036, 

1037,  1038,  1039,  1010,  1011,  1012,  1013. 

3.  Section  I will  embrace  the  sinking  of  the  Weehawken  Shaft  and  the  section i. 
concrete  retaining  walls  around  same  at  surface.  The  details  are  shown  on 
Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1011,  1015. 

1.  Section  K will  embrace  all  of  the  work  westward  from  the  west  end  of  the  section  k. 
Weehawken  Shaft  at  Station  261  + 80,  passing  under  Bergen  Hill  to  and  in- 
cluding the  portals  in  the  west  face  of  Bergen  Hill  and  the  approach  for  a 
distance  of  300  feet  west  of  the  portals  to  Station  327,  a distance  of  6,220  feet, 
more  or  less.  It  will  provide  for  two  tracks  each  in  a separate  tunnel,  the 
tunnels  being  37  feet  apart  centre  to  centre.  It  will  include  two  tunnels  ex- 
tending westward  from  the  shaft  to  and  including  the  aforesaid  portals  and 
approach  in  the  west  face  of  Bergen  Hill.  It  will  also  include  Miscellaneous 
Work  in  Weehawken  Shaft  and  small  cross  tunnel  from  same.  Typical  cross 


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Changes  in  alignment. 


Materials  indicated  by 
borings  on  Supplement 
tary  Drawings. 


Meaning  of  the  word : 
“ Company/* 


'*  Contractor/’ 


“Engineer/* 


“ Inspector.” 


” Contract  Drawings.” 


” Mean  High  Water.** 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


General  Description — {continued.) 

sections  and  other  details  are  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1001,  1023, 
1024,  1025,  1026,  1027,  1033,  1034,  1035,  1036,  1037,  1038,  1039,1040,  1041,  1042, 
1043,  1046,  1047,  1048,  1049,  1050,  1051,  1052,  1053,  1054,  1055,  1056,  1057,  1058, 
1059,  1060. 

5.  The  proposed  locations  and  grades  of  the  tunnels  and  approaches  are 
shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1000,  1001,  1002,  1003,  1023,  1024,  1025, 
1026,  1027.  They  are  approximate  only  and  the  right  is  reserved  to  change 
them  at  any  time  during  the  progress  of  the  work.  If  such  changes  cause  an 
increase  or  decrease  of  quantities,  the  payment  will  be  adjusted  as  provided  in 
the  contract,  but  the  Contractor  shall  have  no  other  claim  for  allowance  or 
additional  payment. 

6.  The  Supplementary  Drawings  show  approximately  the  character  of  the 
materials  at  the  points  where  borings  have  been  made.  Samples  of  the  ma- 
terials obtained  from  the  borings  can  be  seen  at  the  office  of  the  Engineer. 
The  Company  does  not  guarantee  the  correctness  of  classification  or  of  the 
samples  obtained. 


General  Clauses. 

7.  The  word  “ Company  ” in  these  specifications  means  the  Pennsylvania, 
New  Jersey  & New  York  Railroad  Company. 

8.  The  w'ord  “Contractor”  in  these  specifications  means  each  and  every 
person  or  cor[)oration  who  shall  execute  under  contract  any  portion  of  the 
work  herein  specified,  whether  for  supply  of  materials  or  for  execution  of  the 
work. 

9.  The  word  “Engineer”  in  these  specifications  means  the  duly  appointed 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  North  River  Division  of  the  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey 
& New  York  Railroad  Company  or  his  successor  or  such  representatives  as 
the  said  Chief  Engineer  or  his  successor  may  appoint. 

10.  The  word  “ Inspector  ” where  used  in  these  specifications  means  the 
Inspector  or  Inspectors  duly  appointed  by  the  Engineer. 

11.  The  term  “Contract  Drawings ” where  used  in  these  specifications 

means  the  plans  entitled  “Contract  Drawing  No ,”  approved  by  the 

Engineer,  defined  in  the  contract  and  attached  with  these  specifications  to 
the  contract  and  forming  a part  thereof. 

12.  The  term  “Mean  High  Water”  or  “ M.  H.  W.”  wherever  used  in  the 
contract,  specifications  or  plans  is  the  plane  of  reference  of  the  Rapid  Transit 
Commission  and  is  41.012  feet  below  the  bench  mark  of  said  Commission  located 


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General  {continued .) 

on  the  south  side  of  32nd  Street  about  167  feet  west  of  4th  Avenue.  It  is 
equivalent  to  Elevation  300  on  the  Contract  Drawings. 

13.  The  works  are  to  be  commenced,  carried  on  and  subsequently  main-  ^ Engineer 
tained  under  the  orders  and  directions  and  to  the  full  satisfaction  of  the  En- 
gineer who  will  furnish  plans,  sections,  drawings  and  detailed  specifications 

to  the  Contractor. 

14.  The  right  is  reserved  to  the  Engineer  to  change  the  plans  whenever  change  of  plans, 
during  the  progress  of  the  work  he  deems  it  necessary  or  advisable.  Any 
increase  of  quantities  in  the  finished  work  resulting  therefrom  will  be  paid  for 

at  the  rates  named  in  the  Schedules  of  Unit  Prices  incorporated  in  the  contract 
and  deductions  shall  be  made  for  any  decrease  in  quantities  in  the  finished 
work  according  to  the  same  schedules.  The  Contractor  shall  have  no  further 
claim  for  additional  compensation  in  consequence  of  such  change  in  plans. 

15.  The  Contractor  is  required  to  check  all  dimensions  and  quantities  given  contractor  to  check 
on  the  plans  and  schedules  and  will  be  responsible  for  all  errors  therein  tiues.^' 
w’hich  can  be  discovered  by  examining  and  checking  the  plans. 

16.  In  case  of  any  discrepancy  betw'een  the  plans  and  specifications  or  in  Discrepancy  between 

plans  and  epeciflca- 

either  of  them  the  reading  and  decision  of  the  Engineer  as  to  the  true  intent  ‘““s- 
and  meaning  shall  be  accepted  by  the  Contractor. 

IT.  Whenever  any  doubt  arises  as  to  the  meaning  of  these  specifications, 

or’  ncatious  in  case  ot 

that  interpretation  which  in  the  opinion  of  the  Engineer  makes  the  best  work 
is  to  be  followed. 

18.  The  Contractor  shall  employ  and  have  present  on  the  work  an  engineer  contractor’s  engineer, 
skilled  and  experienced  in  the  classes  of  work  embraced  in  the  contract  and  a 

sufficient  number  of  assistants  with  suitable  equipment. 

19.  The  Contractor  shall  maintain  during  construction  an  office  near  the  contractor’s  offices, 
shaft  and  portal  at  which  he  or  his  authorized  representative  shall  he  present 

at  all  times.  Instructions  from  the  Engineer  left  at  this  office  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  delivered  to  the  Contractor. 

20.  In  the  absence  of  the  Contractor,  the  Engineer  or  his  representative  s"per- 

shall  have  authority  to  give  such  instructions  as  he  may  deem  immediately 

necessary  to  the  Superintendent  or  Foreman  in  charge  at  the  point  where  such 
instructions  are  given,  and  the  same  shall  be  obeyed  as  though  issued  to  the 
Contractor. 

21.  The  plant  to  be  installed  and  operated  by  the  Contractor  shall  be  the  Plant  and  method  of 
best  of  its  kind  for  the  work  to  be  done;  but  if  at  any  time  the  Engineer  shall 

deem  such  plant  insufficient  or  methods  of  operation  faulty  either  for  per- 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD, 


Fire  provisions. 


Work  in  compressed 
air  to  be  without  in- 
termission. 


Work  not  in  com- 
pressed air  to  be  pros- 
ecuted day  and  night, 
except  Sundays  and 
holidays. 


Driving  piles. 


Pile  shoes. 


General  Clauses— (con hnwecZ.) 

forming  the  work  in  the  manner  or  time  required  by  the  contract  and  specifi- 
cations or  for  the  security  of  persons  or  property  he  may  order  them  changed 
or  discontinued  and  the  Contractor  shall  comply  immediately. 

22.  The  Contractor’s  engine  and  boiler  houses  are  to  be  built  of  fire  proof 
material.  No  combustible  buildings  or  structures  will  be  allowed  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  the  power  houses  or  shaft  and  all  reasonable  precautions  shall  be  taken 
against  fire  and  provisions  made  for  tbe  extinction  thereof. 

23.  Where  work  is  to  be  done  in  compressed  air,  it  shall  be  carried  on  by 
day  and  nigbt  without  any  interruption  or  intermission  and  with  a sufficient 
force  of  competent  workmen  and  a sufficient  quantity  of,  materials  and  tools 
to  insure  regular  and  rapid  progress. 

2^.  Where  work  is  not  done  in  compressed  air,  the  Contractor  will  gener- 
ally be  required  to  prosecute  the  same  continuously  by  day  and  night  except 
Sundays  and  legal  holidays,  but  in  case  of  necessity  or  on  demand  of  the 
Engineer,  he  shall  carry  it  on  without  intermission  of  any  kind. 

Materials  and  Workmanship. 

Piles. 

25.  Piles  which  are  to  be  left  in  any  permanent  structure  shall  be  of  Oak, 
Yellow,  Norway  or  White  Pine,  Hemlock  or  Black  Spruce  cut  from  live  timber 
not  more  thanoneyear  previous  to  driving  in  the  work,  shall  bo  free  from  wind 
shakes,  rotten  knots  or  any  indication  of  decay.  They  shall  be  not  less  than 
8 inches  nor  more  than  12  inches  in  diameter  at  the  small  end  and  shall  be  at 
least  12  inches  in  diameter  at  the  large  end,  all  measurements  of  diameter  to 
be  made  inside  the  bark.  They  shall  not  deviate  anywhere  more  than  6 
inches  from  a straight  line  joining  the  ends.  The  bark  shall  be  removed 
the  entire  length  before  driving.  They  shall  be  banded  before  driving, 
shall  be  pointed  if  required  by  the  Engineer,  and  shall  be  driven  until  they  will 
not  penetrate  more  than  3 inches  under  10  blows  of  a hammer  weighing 
3,000  pounds  falling  freely  10  feet.  The  piles  shall  be  of  such  length  that 
the  part  broomed  or  shaken  by  driving  will  be  entirely  removed  when  cut 
off  at  proper  elevation.  Only  the  portions  of  piles  remaining  in  the  work  will 
be  measured  and  paid  for.  Any  pile  broken  while  driving,  or  driven  off  of 
line,  must  be  replaced  by  the  Contractor  at  his  own  expense. 

26,  When  required  by  the  Engineer,  piles  shall  have  iron  shoes,  of  a 
design  furnished  or  approved  by  the  Engineer  and  will  be  paid  for  at  the  rate 
named  in  the  Schedule  of  Unit  Prices. 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Materials  and  Workmanship — {continued.) 

Timber. 

27.  Wherever  timber  is  used  in  the  permanent  work  of  construction,  ^ind. 
it  shall  conform  to  the  following  specifications  for  oak,  spruce  or  yellow 
pine. 

28.  All  timber  used  must  be  sound,  thrifty  and  free  from  all  forms  of  rot.  Quality, 
splits,  shakes,  large,  loose  or  rotten  knots,  worm  eaten  wood  or  other  imper- 
fections, tending  to  impair  strength  or  durability.  It  must  be  cut  from  live 
timber  not  more  than  one  year  previous  to  placing  in  the  work. 

29.  All  timber  used  must  be  sawed  square  and  full  to  sizes  and  patterns  sizing, 
called  for,  and  must  be  saw  butted  at  ends. 

30.  Whenever  oak  timber  is  specified,  it  shall  be  white  oak  or  chestnut 
oak,  and  when  sawed  shall  show  no  injurious  sap. 

31.  Yellow  pine  timber  shall  be  the  “ longleafed  ” variety,  known  as  veiiow  pine. 

“ Pinus  Palustris”  and  grown  in  Georgia  or  Florida.  It  must  conform  to  the 
specifications  of  the  Savannah  Yellow  Pine  Association  for  the  grades  called 

for,  which  shall  be  either  “ Merchantable”  or  “ Prime  ” as  may  be  specified 
for  the  particular  work  for  which  required.  No  lower  grade  of  yellow  pine 
than  “ Merchantable  ” will  be  permitted  for  any  permanent  construction. 

32.  W^henever  spruce  timber  is  called  for  in  the  permanent  work,  it  shall  spruce, 
be  First  Quality  “Eastern”  grown  spruce  and  subject  to  inspection  under 

“ New  York  Survey  ” rules. 

33.  Quotations  shall  be  made  on  both  grades  of  yellow  pine  timber,  fur- induce 
nished,  framed  and  erected  in  place,  including  all  fastenings,  bolts,  spikes, 

straps  and  treenails  complete. 

3'I.  “Waterlogged”  timber  of  any  variety  will  only  be  accepted  after  waterlogged  timber, 
special  inspection  and  specific  approval  in  writing  of  the  Engineer. 

35.  Where  timber  is  required  in  foundations  under  masonry,  it  shall  be  Timber  work  in 
laid  up  as  a grillage  in  not  less  than  two  tiers,  or  according  to  plans  to  be  ““  * 
furnished  by  the  Engineer,  and  the  various  tiers  cross  laid  and  fairly  and 

closely  bedded,  and  every  stick  thoroughly  secured  with  blunt  bolts  or  tree- 
nails as  may  be  directed. 

36.  Whenever  treenails  are  required  for  securing  timber  they  shall  be  Treenails, 
either  of  yellow  locust  or  white  oak  and  not  less  than  11/2  inches  in  diameter. 

The  wood  from  which  treenails  are  made  must  be  perfectly  sound  and  free 
from  all  and  every  defect,  and  must  be  split  true  with  the  grain  before  turning 
or  working  into  shape.  Holes  for  treenails  shall  be  bored  slightly  smaller 
than  the  finished  treenail,  so  that  they  may  be  a driving  fit. 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Painting  tenons, 
treenails,  etc. 


Fastenings. 


How  paid  for. 


Framing. 


Manufacture. 


Composition. 


Delivery  and  storage. 


Each  carload  to  be 
tested  separately. 


Sampling. 


Materials  and  Workmanship — Timber-~{continued.) 

37.  The  Contractor  shall  thoroughly  paint  with  thick  white  lead  all  tenons, 
treenails  or  other  joints  as  required  by  the  Engineer. 

38.  All  fastenings  required  or  used  in  timber  construction  shall  be  provided 
by  the  Contractor  without  any  other  charge,  and  the  value  of  same  in  place 
in  the  work  included  in  price  bid,  and  the  Engineer  shall  be  the  judge  as  to 
the  quantity  of  same  to  be  used. 

39.  All  timber  except  piles  will  be  bid  on  and  paid  for  by  the  1,000  feet 
board  measure  of  actual  contents  measured  in  the  finished  structure,  and  the 
price  per  1,000  feet  will  include  the  furnishing  of  all  materials  whether  of 
iron  or  wood,  transportation,  labor  of  framing  and  erecting  and  all  other 
expenses  connected  therewith. 

40.  All  framing  must  be  done  in  a thoroughly  workmanlike  manner,  and 
no  blocking  or  shimming  will  be  allowed  in  making  joints.  All  bolt  holes 
must  be  bored  true,  and  those  for  drift  bolts  bored  with  an  augur  1/8  inch 
smaller  than  diameter  of  bolt,  in  order  to  insure  perfect  fit  of  bolt. 

Cement. 

41.  Cement  shall  be  Portland  cement  manufactured  at  works  that  have 
been  in  successful  operation  for  at  least  2 years. 

42.  The  cement  shall  be  manufactured  from  a mixture  of  calcareous  and 
clayey  earths  or  rocks  and  shall  contain  no  furnace  slag,  grey  limestone, 
hydraulic  lime  or  trass. 

43.  The  cement  shall  be  delivered  either  in  sacks  or  barrels  plainly  marked 
with  the  manufacturer’s  brand.  The  sacks  or  barrpls  shall  be  sound,  strong 
and  in  first  class  condition  in  every  respect.  The  Contractor  for  cement  shall 
deliver  it  in  warehouses  furnished  by  the  Company  and  located  either  on  a 
railroad  siding  or  near  the  west  bulkhead  line  on  the  North  River.  It  shall  be 
piled  about  10  feet  high  in  carload  lots  or  in  lots  of  about  40  tons  each.  It  shall 
be  free  from  lumps  or  partly  or  wholly  set  cement.  The  Contractor  for  con- 
structing the  work  shall  receive  it  in  the  warehouses  and  remove  it  therefrom 
as  required  for  use  and  shall  be  responsible  for  its  safe-keeping  after  delivery 
to  him. 

44.  The  requirements  hereinafter  specified  will  apply  to  each  carload  or  its 
equivalent  of  40  tons,  and  failure  to  meet  those  requirements  will  cause  the 
rejection  of  the  carload  or  lot  of  40  tons. 

45.  Samples  of  cement  for  testing  will  be  taken  in  such  manner  as  the 
Engineer  may  direct,  and  the  tests  will  be  made  under  his  immediate  direction 
and  by  his  Inspector. 


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Materials  and  Workmanship— Cement — {continued.) 

46.  The  tests  will  be  made  on  the  individual  samples  without  intermixing, 
and  the  cement  must  fill  the  following  requirements; 

47.  It  shall  not  contain  more  than  1 3/4  per  cent,  of  sulphuric  acid  (SO3) 
nor  more  than  5 per  cent,  of  magnesia  (MnO). 

48.  It  shall  be  so  finely  ground  that  at  least  90  per  cent,  will  pass  through 
a sieve  having  10,000  openings  per  square  inch  and  at  least  75  per  cent, 
through  a sieve  having  40,000  meshes  per  square  inch,  the  wires  of  the  sieves 
being  respectively  0.0045  and  0.0024  inch  in  diameter.  From  one  to  ten  tests 
will  be  made  from  every  carload  or  equivalent  lot  of  40  tons. 

49.  Mortars  for  tests  will  be  mixed  either  by  the  trowel  or  the  hands.  The 
proper  amounts  of  cement  and  sand  will  be  determined  by  weight,  and  the  water 
by  measure.  The  temperature  of  the  air  and  water  is  to  be  as  nearly  21  deg.  C. 
as  practicable.  If  tbe  mortar  is  to  contain  sand,  the  sand  and  cement  will 
first  be  thoroughly  mixed  dry.  The  dry  material  will  be  placed  on  a glass 
plate,  formed  into  a crater,  and  the  entire  amount  of  water  added  at  once; 
the  dry  material  will  then  be  turned  toward  the  center  of  the  crater  so  as  to 
absorb  the  water.  After  the  water  has  been  absorbed,  the  mixing  of  the 
mortar  will  be  continued  11/2  minutes. 

50.  The  proper  consistency  of  mortars  of  neat  cement  will  be  determined 
with  the  Vicat  apparatus.  The  mortar  will  be  pressed  by  hand  into  a hard 
rubber  ring  about  7 centimeters  in  diameter  and  4 centimeters  high.  The  ring 
will  then  be  placed  on  a glass  plate  and  tbe  surplus  mortar  removed  with  a 
trowel  without  shock.  The  consistency  will  be  such  that  a plunger  1 centi- 
meter in  diameter,  weighing  300  grams,  gently  lowered  on  the  mortar  and  then 
released,  wull  penetrate  about  7 millimeters  within  1 minute. 

51.  The  consistency  of  mortars  containing  sand  will  be  as  nearly  as  practi- 
cable  the  same  as  those  of  neat  cement. 

52.  The  time  of  setting  will  be  determined  with  neat  cement  mortar  mixed  Time  of  eetting. 
and  placed  in  a hard  rubber  ring  as  described  in  paragraph  50.  A Vicat 

needle,  1 millimeter  in  diameter,  loaded  to  300  grams,  will  be  lowered  carefully 
to  the  surface  of  the  mortar  and  then  released.  For  a period  of  at  least  30 
minutes  from  the  time  the  water  for  mixing  is  added  to  the  cement,  the  needle 
shall  penetrate  to  within  5 millimeters  or  less  of  the  bottom  of  the  mortar. 

The  mortar  shall  support  the  same  needle  with  a penetration  not  exceeding  5 
millimeters  in  a period  not  exceeding  6 hours.  The  samples  will  be  covered 
with  a damp  cloth  after  mixing. 

53.  Cakes  formed  of  neat  cement  mortar  about  3 inches  in  diameter,  i/'2 
inch  thick  at  the  center  worked  down  to  a thin  edge  all  around  on  a glass 
plate  will  be  subjected  to  the  following  tests: 


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Sampling  for  tensile 
tests. 


Standard  sand. 


Molding  briquettes. 


Rate  of  application 
stress. 


Required  tensile 
strength  of  neat  ce- 
ment mortar. 


Required  tensile 
strength  of  mortars  of 
1 part  of  cement  to  3 
parts  of  sand. 


Materials  ajstd  WouKiAKmmp— Cement— {continued.) 

{a.)  The  cake  will  remain  in  moist  air  under  a damp  cloth  or  in  a moist  closet 
until  it  will  sustain  the  Vicat  needle  with  a penetration  not  exceeding  5 milli- 
meters, and  then  be  placed  in  water  of  a temperature  of  21  deg.  C.  for  28  days. 

(6.)  Another  cake,  as  soon  as  formed,  will  be  placed  on  a rack  in  the  upper 
part  of  a closed  vessel  partly  filled  with  water  maintained  at  the  temperature 
of  45  deg.  C.  so  that  the  mortar  will  be  in  warm  moist  air  while  setting. 
After  having  been  thus  exposed  for  6 hours,  the  cake  will  be  immersed  in  the 
water  in  the  vessel  for  18  hours,  the  same  temperature  being  maintained. 
Neither  of  the  cakes  thus  tested  shall  show  cracks,  blowing  or  warping.  At 
least  one  test  will  be  made  for  every  40  tons  of  cement. 

54.  At  least  one  sample  will  be  taken  for  tests  of  tensile  strength  from  each 
5 tons  of  cement  delivered.  Four  briquettes  will  be  made  from  each  sample, 
two  without  sand  and  two  containing  one  part  of  cement  to  three  parts  of 
standard  crushed  quartz  by  weight.  The  quartz  shall  be  of  such  fineness  that 
all  of  it  will  pass  through  a sieve  having  400  openings  per  square  inch  and 
none  through  a sieve  having  900  openings  per  square  inch,  the  diameter  of  the 
wires  to  be  1/2  the  width  of  the  opening.  The  briquette  will  be  of  standard 
form  having  a minimum  section  at  the  middle  of  1 square  inch.  The  mortar 
will  be  worked  into  the  mold  thoroughly  by  thumb  pressure  and  finished  on 
both  sides  with  a trowel.  The  briquettes  will  be  left  in  air  under  a damp 
cloth  or  in  a moist  closet  for  24  hours  and  then  immersed  in  water  maintained 
at  a temperature  of  about  21  deg.  C.  They  will  remain  in  the  water  until 
immediately  before  being  broken.  The  strain  will  be  applied  at  the  rate  of  400 
pounds  per  minute. 

55.  One  of  the  two  briquettes  of  neat  cement  mortar  will  be  broken  by 
tension  at  the  end  of  1 days,  the  other  at  the  end  of  28  days.  The  tensile 
strength  at  7 days  must  not  be  less  than  400  pounds  nor  more  than  700 
pounds.  The  mean  tensile  strength  of  the  briquettes  from  any  one  carload  or 
equivalent  lot  of  40  tons,  must  be  at  least  15  per  cent,  greater  at  28  days  than 
at  7 days.  If  any  sample  fail  to  meet  the  requirement  for  tensile  strength,  or 
if  the  average  increase  in  strength  of  the  briquettes  from  any  carload  or  its 
equivalent  is  less  than  above  required,  the  same  packages  will  again  be  sam- 
pled and  tested,  and  a second  failure  will  cause  the  rejection  of  the  carload 
from  which  the  sample  was  taken. 

56.  Briquettes  containing  1 part  of  cement  to  3 parts  of  sand  must  have 
an  average  tensile  strength  of  at  least  150  pounds  at  the  age  of  7 days,  and 
at  least  240  pounds  at  the  age  of  28  days.  If  the  average  strength  of  the 
briquettes  from  any  carload  or  its  equivalent  is  less  than  240  pounds  at  the 
age  of  28  days,  or  if  more  than  one-fifth  break  at  200  pounds  or  less,  or  if  the 
average  increase  in  strength  from  7 to  28  days  for  any  carload  is  le.ss  than  25 


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Materials  and  W — Cement— {continued.) 

per  cent.,  the  carload  will  be  rejected.  If  any  proportion  less  than  one-fifth 
break  at  200  pounds  or  less  at  the  age  of  28  days,  while  the  increase  in 
strength  from  7 days  to  28  days  is  25  per  cent,  or  more,  the  package  from 
which  these  briquettes  were  made  shall  be  again  sampled  and  all  of  the 
briquettes  must  sustain  200  pounds  or  more  at  the  age  of  28  days. 


57.  The  Engineer  wull  make  from  time  to  time  tests  of  tensile  strength  Tests  at  longer 
and  constancy  of  volume  extending  over  longer  periods  than  28  days;  if  cement 
so  tested  shows  a reduction  of  strength  with  increased  age,  or  at  any  time  fails 
in  respect  to  constancy  of  volume,  either  in  water  or  in  air,  the  Engineer  shall 
have  authority  to  prohibit  the  further  use  of  that  brand  of  cement  and  require 
that  another  brand  be  substituted. 


58.  Cement  injured  in  storage  after  having  passed  inspection  tests  will  be 
rejected. 


Injured  cement  will 
be  rejected. 


59.  The  Contractor  shall  have  on  hand  at  all  times  enough  cement  for  supply  of  cement, 
thirty-five  days  use. 


Sand. 

60.  Sand  for  mortar  or  concrete  shall  be  coarse,  sharp  and  silicious,  not 
containing  more  than  0.5  per  cent,  of  mica,  loam,  dirt  or  clay,  or  of  all  com- 
bined, and  equal  in  quality  to  the  best  Cow  Bay  sand.  If  required  by  the 
Engineer,  it  shall  be  screened. 


Broken  Stone. 

61.  Sound  rock  excavated  from  the  w*ork  may  be  used  if  hard,  crystalline 
and  practically  free  from  mica.  If  a sufficient  amount  cannot  be  obtained 
from  the  work  sound  trap  or  hard  limestone  must  be  furnished.  Gneiss  from 
other  localities  wull  not  be  accepted.  The  rock  must  be  clean  when  delivered 
at  the  crusher.  It  shall  be  broken  by  machine  and  screened  in  a rotary  screen 
which  will  remove  all  dust  and  fragments  wdiich  will  pass  through  a hole  .3/8 
inch  in  diameter  and  all  pieces  which  will  not  pass  through  a hole  1 1/2  inches 
in  diameter;  all  fragments  between  these  limits  will  be  retained.  In  special 
cases  hereinafter  specified  the  maximum  size  will  be  that  which  will  pass 
through  a hole  3/1  inch  in  diameter. 

Bricks. 

62.  Bricks  shall  be  of  the  quality  of  vitrified  paving  brick.  They  shall  be  Bricks  to  be  vitriflea 
free  from  lime  and  other  impurities,  shall  be  as  nearly  uniform  in  every  re- 

spect  as  possible,  shall  be  hard  burned  so  as  to  secure  the  greatest  hardness. 


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Dimensions. 


Sample  bricks. 


Absorption  test. 


Abrasion  test. 


Specific  gravity. 


Bricks  equal  to 
samples. 


Inspection  on  delivery. 


Materials  and  Workmanship — Bricks — {continued.) 

so  annealed  as  to  have  the  highest  degree  of  toughness,  and  thoroughly  vitrified 
so  as  to  be  homogeneous  throughout.  They  shall  be  free  from  lamination  and 
from  fire  cracks  or  checks  of  more  than  superficial  extent. 

63.  The  bricks  may  be  of  any  dimensions  in  ordinary  use  in  the  vicinity  of 
New  York,  but  shall  be  of  uniform  size  throughout  the  work.  The  sides  shall 
be  rectangular,  the  angles  square  and  sharp. 

61.  Before  delivering  any  bricks  on  the  work,  the  Contractor  shall  submit 
to  the  Engineer  a sufficient  number  of  sample  bricks  representing  the  kind  he 
proposes  to  furnish.  One  of  these  will  be  retained  by  the  Engineer  for  com- 
parison in  the  inspection  of  subsequent  deliveries  and  he  will  submit  others  to 
the  following  tests: 

(a.)  Not  less  than  three  bricks  shall  be  broken  across,  thoroughly  dried 
and  then  immersed  in  water  for  Y2  hours.  The  water  absorbed  shall  not  ex- 
ceed 5 per  cent,  in  weight  of  the  dry  brick. 

(6.)  A sufficient  number  of  bricks  to  fill  15  per  cent,  of  the  volume  of  the 
machine  shall  be  placed  in  a “ rattler,”  which  shall  measure  20  inches  in 
length  and  28  inches  in  diameter,  inside  measurement.  The  rattler  shall  then 
be  revolved  at  the  rate  of  30  revolutions  per  minute  for  one  hour.  The  loss  of 
weight  of  the  bricks  by  abrasion  shall  not  exceed  20  per  cent,  of  their  original 
weight. 

(c.)  The  specific  gravity  of  the  brick  shall  not  be  less  than  2 1/10  as  deter- 
mined by  the  formula: 

W 

Specific  Gravity=  

W'-W" 

in  which  W =weight  of  brick  dry, 

W'  =weight  of  brick  in  air  after  having  been  immersed  in  water  Y2 
hours, 

and  W"=weight  of  brick  in  water  after  same  immersion. 

65.  All  bricks  delivered  must  be  in  every  respect  equal  to  the  samples 
tested.  The  Engineer  will  from  time  to  time  select  samples  from  deliveries  as 
made  and  test  them  for  absorption,  abrasion  and  specific  gravity. 

66.  On  delivery  at  the  works,  bricks  shall  be  sorted  by  and  at  the  expense 
of  the  Contractor  for  inspection  by  the  Engineer  or  his  representative,  and 
rejected  brick  shall  be  removed  from  the  work  and  its  vicinity  immediately. 


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Materials  and  Workmanship — {continued.) 

Mortar,  Grout  and  Concrete. 

67.  In  proportioning  materials  for  mortar,  grout  and  concrete  one  volume  of 
cement  shall  be  taken  to  mean  380  pounds  net,  one  volume  of  sand  or  broken 
stone  shall  be  taken  to  mean  3 1/2  cubic  feet  packed  or  shaken  down.  Sand 
and  broken  stone  shall  be  measured  in  barrels  or  rectangular  boxes.  Measure- 
ments in  wheelbarrows  will  not  be  permitted. 

68.  In  preparing  mortar  for  brick  or  stone  masonry,  the  specified  amounts 
of  cement  and  sand  shall  first  be  mixed  dry  to  a uniform  color.  The  water 
shall  then  be  added  in  such  a manner  as  not  to  wash  out  any  of  the  cement 
and  the  mixing  proceeded  with  until  the  mortar  is  thoroughly  mixed  and  of 
uniform  consistency.  The  proportions  of  cement  and  sand  will  generally  be  1 
to  2 1/2  by  volume,  but  when  the  work  is  wet  the  proportion  of  sand  shall  be 
reduced  as  required  by  the  Engineer. 

69.  Grout  will  generally  be  in  the  proportion  of  1 part  of  cement  to  1 part 
of  sand  by  volume.  The  materials  shall  be  thoroughly  mixed  dry  and  water 
then  added  while  the  mixing  proceeds,  until  the  grout  is  of  the  required  con- 
sistency. The  mixing  shall  be  continued  vigorously,  preventing  the  separa- 
tion of  sand,  until  the  entire  amount  mixed  is  used. 

70.  Concrete  will  be  in  the  proportion  of  1 part  of  cement  to  2 1/2  parts  of 
sand  and  5 parts  of  stone  by  volume,  except  in  special  cases  where  the 
Engineer  may  require  different  proportions.  For  the  upper  portion  of 
walls  to  a depth  of  9 inches  below  the  surface  and  in  narrow  confined  places, 
the  smaller  sized  stone  specified  in  paragraph  61  shall  be  used  and  the 
proportions  of  sand  and  stone  may  be  reduced  to  2 volumes  of  the  former 
and  3 volumes  of  the  latter  to  1 volume  of  cement.  When  the  proportions  of 
sand  and  stone  are  reduced  the  increased  cost  of  materials  in  the  concrete  will 
be  determined  by  the  Engineer  and  included  in  the  estimates  for  payment  to 
the  Contractor.  Whenever  practicable  the  concrete  shall  be  machine  mixed; 
the  mixing  machine  shall  be  a rotary  mixer  and  of  a pattern  that  will  mix  the 
concrete  in  batches  and  permit  the  definite  measurement  of  the  materials  for 
each  batch.  When  the  Engineer  considers  it  impracticable  to  mix  by  a machine, 
it  may  be  mixed  by  hand  as  follows.  The  mixing  shall  be  done  on  a platform  of 
boards  or  planks  securely  fastened  together.  The  mortar  shall  first  be  made 
as  specified  in  paragraph  68.  The  broken  stone,  previously  wetted,  shall  then 
be  added  and  the  mortar  and  stone  turned  over  with  shovels  until  the  mortar 
is  uniformly  distributed  through  the  mass  and  every  stone  is  coated  with 
mortar. 

71.  Where  walls  of  concrete  masonry  exceed  6 feet  in  thickness,  masses  of 
stone  may  be  built  in;  such  stone  shall  be  clean,  hard,  compact  and  free  from 


Units  for  proportion- 
ing. 


Mortar. 


Mixing  proportions. 


Grout. 


Concrete. 


Proportions. 


Machine  mixing. 


Hand  mixing. 


Wetting. 


Masses  of  stone  in 
concrete. 


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Consistency  of  mortar, 
grout  and  concrete. 


Placing  concrete. 


Contraction  joints. 


Preparing  concrete 
surfaces  on  which  con- 
crete is  to  be  placed. 


Protecting  surface  of 
concrete. 


Water  in  mortar,  etc. 

Dead  mortar  not  to 
be  used. 


Forms. 


Materials  and  Workmanship — Mortar,  Grout  and  Concrete— {continued.) 

cracks  or  other  unsoundiiess.  They  shall  be  set  in  at  least  6 inch  beds  of  con- 
crete and  have  full  bearings  therein.  They  shall  be  set  on  their  largest  beds, 
shall  be  at  least  G inches  apart  at  every  point  and  at  least  12  inches  from  the 
face  of  the  wall.  No  stone  shall  be  more  than  2 feet  in  thickness.  The  large 
stones  shall  not  in  the  aggregate  exceed  15  per  cent,  of  the  total  volume  of  the 
masonry  containing  them. 

12.  The  degree  of  moisture  for  mortar,  grout  and  concrete  shall  be  at  all 

times  as  required  by  the  Engineer  or  his  Inspector;  in  general,  mortar  shall  be 
plastic,  grout  shall  be  fluid  enough  to  be  pumped,  and  concrete  shall  be  of  such 
consistency  that  it  v»ill  quake  when  being  deposited,  but  not  wet  enough  to 
cause  the  mortar  to  separate  from  the  mixture.  * 

13.  Concrete  shall  be  deposited  in  the  work  in  such  a manner  as  not  to  cause 
separation  of  mortar  and  stone.  It  shall  be  laid  quickly  in  layers  not  exceed- 
ing 9 inches  in  thickness  and  thoroughly  rammed  with  rammers  of  such  form 
and  material  as  the  Engineer  may  approve;  special  shaped  rammers  will  be 
required  for  corners  and  other  places  where  ordinary  rammers  would  not  he 
effective.  Compact,  dense  concrete  must  be  obtained  with  all  the  voids  be- 
tween the  stones  filled  with  mortar.  If  voids  are  discovered  at  any  time  the 
defective  concrete  shall  be  removed  and  immediately  replaced  by  concrete  of 
such  mixture  and  in  such  manner  as  the  Engineer  may  direct.  Contraction 
joints  in  concrete  formation  shall  be  made  where  the  Engineer  may  require 
them.  Where  columns  limit  the  thickness  of  “concrete”  at  face,  the  cement 
mortar  used  in  conjunction  with  expanded  metal  lath  is  measured  and  paid  for 
as  concrete  only. 

7-t.  When  the  placing  of  concrete  is  suspended,  the  Engineer  may  require 
a joint  to  be  formed  in  a manner  satisfactory  to  him,  so  that  the  fresh  con- 
crete when  added  may  have  a bond.  Before  depositing  fresh  concrete  the 
entire  surface  on  which  it  is  to  be  laid  shall  be  cleaned,  washed,  brushed  and 
slushed  over  with  grout  of  cement  without  sand. 

75.  The  surface  of  freshly-laid  concrete  shall  be  protected  from  injury  in 
such  manner  and  for  such  time  as  the  Engineer  may  require;  concrete  injured 
in  any  manner  shall  be  removed. 

70.  Water  used  in  mortar,  grout  and  concrete  shall  be  clean,  fresh  water. 

77.  No  mortar,  grout  or  concrete  which  has  commenced  to  set  shall  be  used 
anywhere  in  the  work.  Re-tempering  of  mortar  or  grout  which  has  com- 
menced to  set  will  not  be  permitted. 

78.  Forms  for  concrete  shall  be  substantial  and  must  preserve  their  accurate 
shape  until  the  concrete  has  set.  Where  the  concrete  will  show  in  the  finished 
work,  the  face  of  the  form  shall  be  built  of  matched  and  dressed  planking 


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Materials  and  Workmanship — Mortar,  Grout  and  Concrete — {continued.) 

finished  truly  to  the  lines  and  surfaces  shown  on  the  plans.  Adequate 
measures  shall  be  taken  to  prevent  the  adhesion  of  mortar  to  the  forms. 

Forms  which  have  become  warped  or  distorted  shall  be  immediately  replaced. 

79.  Faces  which  will  show  in  the  finished  work  shall  be  true  to  the  form  Facing  of  concrete, 
intended,  and  shall  be  wholly  smooth  and  free  from  ridges  and  cavities  due  to 
shortage  of  mortar  at  the  face.  Exposed  faces  shall  have  a facing  of  mortar 

2 inches  thick,  deposited  simultaneously  with  the  corresponding  layers  of  con- 
crete and  separated  from  the  concrete  by  a metal  diaphragm  of  approved  form. 

Immediately  after  the  mortar  and  concrete  have  been  deposited  the  diaphragm 
shall  be  removed  and  the  materials  well  worked  together  by  spading  and 
tamping,  so  as  to  insure  their  bonding.  In  places  where  this  method  cannot 
be  used,  as  the  under  surfaces  of  arches,  the  same  end  shall  be  attained  by 
methods  satisfactory  to  the  Engineer.  Plastering  the  face  after  removing  the  Plastering  not  allowed, 
forms  will  not  be  permitted.  The  facing  mortar  shall  be  of  the  same  composi- 
tion as  the  mortar  used  in  concrete. 

80.  Rock  surfaces  shall  be  thoroughly  washed  and  cleaned  before  concrete  snrfaces  to  be  cleaned 

^ and  compacted  before 

is  deposited  against  them.  Earth  surfaces  shall  be  wetted  and  compacted  by  concrete 

i-amming  immediately  before  depositing  concrete  thereon. 

81.  If  leaks  appear  on  the  surface  of  the  concrete  at  any  time  after  remov-  Leaks  to  be  stopped, 
ing  the  form  the  Contractor  shall  remove  the  concrete  through  which  the 

water  passes  and  replace  it  with  sound  concrete  and  shall  stop  the  leakage  or 
conduct  the  water  to  the  floor  of  the  tunnels  through  channels  or  pipes-in  the 
concrete  or  take  such  other  measures  as  the  Engineer  may  require. 

Granitoid. 

82.  Granitoid  is  to  be  composed  of  one  volume  of  cement  to  three  volumes 
of  fine  clean  granite  screenings,  approved  by  the  Engineer. 

Brick  MasoJiry. 

83.  Bricks  shall  be  immersed  in  water  for  at  least  20  minutes  immediately  Brick layiug. 
before  laying;  they  shall  be  laid  in  full  beds  of  mortar  and  all  joints  com- 
pletely filled  with  the  same.  Joints  must  be  broken  so  as  to  give  the  best 

bond  obtainable.  The  mortar  in  beds  and  joints  shall  average  about  1/2  inch. 

Close  joints  will  not  be  permitted. 

8‘I.  The  exposed  faces  of  brick  masonry  shall  be  carefully  cleaned  and  all  pointing, 
joints  not  perfectly  filled  shall  be  cleaned  out,  well  wetted  and  then  pointed 
with  a mortar  containing  equal  parts  by  volume  of  cement  and  sand.  The 
mortar  shall  be  packed  tightly  into  the  joint  and  smoothed  off  with  a steel 
tool. 


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Bonding  in  arches. 

Protect  fresh  work. 

Quality  of  stone. 


Color,  texture. 

Natural  bed. 

Quarry  inspection. 

Foundation  of 
masonry. 

Pile  foundations. 


First  class  masonry. 
Courses. 

Stretchers. 


Materials  and  Workmanship — Brick  Masonry — {continued.) 

85.  Where  bricks  are  used  for  arches  in  tunnels  they  will  generally  be  laid 
in  rings,  but  wherever  the  joints  in  two  rings  come  opposite,  two  lines  of 
headers  shall  be  laid  so  as  to  bond  the  several  ring  courses  together. 

86.  All  fresh  work  must  be  carefully  protected  from  injury. 

Stone  and  Stone  Masonry. 

87.  Wherever  stone  masonry  is  ordered  on  thework„the  stone  used  shall 
be  granite,  trap  rock,  hard  sand  stone,  hard  blue  limestone,  or  any  other  which 
has  previously  been  approved  and  accepted  by  the  Engineer  for  use  in  the 
work.  It  must  be  close  grained  and  hard  of  texture  and  free  from  any  appre- 
ciable admixture  of  mica.  Micaceous  gneiss  or  schists  will  not  be  permitted  to 
be  used  in  masonry.  All  stones  which  are  exposed  or  visible  on  completion  of 
the  work,  must  be  of  uniform  color  and  texture,  and  the  stratification  must 
be  uniformly  true  so  as  to  produce  a harmonious  appearance  in  the  completed 
work.  All  stones  used  in  masonry  must  be  worked  and  prepared  so  as  to  set 
on  their  natural  bed. 

88.  The  Contractor  shall,  before  placing  order  for  stone,  notify  the  En- 
gineer from  what  quarry  it  will  be  obtained,  and  the  Engineer  may  elect  to 
inspect  the  stone  either  in  the  quarry  before  shipment,  or  on  the  cars  after 
delivery  at  the  site  of  the  work. 

89.  Eoundations  of  masonry  below  the  surface  of  the  ground  or  below  low 
water  mark,  shall  be  built  strictly  in  accordance  with  the  following  specifica- 
tions, with  the  exception  of  the  finish  on  the  face,  which  may  be  left  as  it 
comes  from  the  quarry. 

00.  When  rock  foundations  cannot  be  had  for  abutments  and  piers,  the 
masonry  shall  on  approval  of  the  Engineer  be  started  upon  a pile  foundation 
with  a floor  of  squared  timber  sunk  to  such  a depth  as  to  protect  it  from  decay 
and  to  prevent  the  possibility  of  underwashing.  The  timber  platforms  shall 
be  composed  of  two  or  more  courses,  according  to  the  depth  of  the  water,  the 
height  of  the  masonry,  or  other  circumstances  of  which  the  Engineer  shall 
judge  and  determine. 

91.  Masonry  shall  be  first  class  and  bonded  throughout. 

92.  The  stone  shall  be  accurately  squared,  jointed  and  bedded,  and  laid  in 
courses  of  not  less  than  12  inches  in  thickness,  regularly  decreasing  from 
bottom  to  top  of  elevation  of  masonry  work. 

93.  The  stretchers  shall  in  no  case  have  less  than  16  inches  bed  for  a 12 
inch  course;  for  all  courses  above  16  inches,  they  shall  have  at  least  as  much 
bed  as  face  and  no  stretcher  shall  be  less  than  I feet  in  length. 


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Materials  and  Workmanship— ^S/one  and  Stone  Masonry —{continued.) 

94.  The  headers  shall  not  be  less  than  4 feet  in  length.  They  shall  occupy  Headers, 
at  least  1/5  of  the  face  of  the  wall,  and  no  header  shall  have  less  than  18 
inches  width  of  face,  and  where  the  course  exceeds  18  inches  in  height,  the 
width  of  the  face  shall  not  be  less  than  the  height  of  the  course.  Headers 
shall  hold  the  size  in  the  heart  of  the  wall  that  they  show  on  the  face,  and  be 

so  arranged  that  a header  in  a superior  course  shall  be  placed  between  two 
headers  in  a course  below;  but  no  header  shall  be  laid  over  a joint,  and  no  joint 
shall  occur  over  a header.  They  shall  be  similarly  disposed  in  the  back  of  the 
wall,  interlocking  with  those  in  the  face  when  the  thickness  of  the  wall  will 
admit.  When  the  wall  is  too  thick  to  admit  of  such  arrangement,  stones  not 
less  than  4 feet  in  length  shall  be  placed  transversely  in  the  heart  of  the  wall 
to  connect  the  two  opposite  sides  of  it. 

95.  The  length  of  any  stone  shall  in  no  case  exceed  five  times  the  depth 
and  the  width  shall  in  no  case  exceed  three  times  the  depth. 

96.  The  joints  shall  be  cut  square  with  the  face  for  a distance  of  at  least  Joints. 

12  inches  back,  except  in  voussoirs  of  arches,  in  which  case  the  joints  shall  be 

cut  square  for  whole  depth  shown  on  plan.  No  vertical  joint  shall  be  placed 
less  than  12  inches  from  a joint  in  the  next  lower  course. 

97.  The  backing  stones  shall  be  of  large  size,  and  have  parallel  beds.  Backing, 
laid  so  as  to  break  joints  with  one  another,  and  when  the  thickness  of  the  wall 
exceeds  3 1/2  feet,  headers  of  the  same  dimensions  as  those  in  the  face  shall 

be  placed  in  the  back  of  the  wall,  in  the  proportion  of  one  for  every  two 
headers  in  the  face. 

98.  The  stone  shall  be  set  in  Portland  cement  mortar,  and  every  course  cement  ami  grout, 
shall  be  thoroughly  grouted. 

99.  The  w'alls  where  shown  on  drawings  shall  be  covered  wnth  a course  of  coping, 
coping  from  12  to  24  inches  thick,  well  dressed,  and  if  required  fastened  to- 
gether with  iron  clamps. 

100.  All  stones  except  where  otherwise  specified  or  shown  on  drawings.  Rock  face, 
shall  have  rock  face,  but  in  no  case  shall  the  projection  of  the  rock  exceed  2 
inches.  The  four  edges  of  each  face  stone  shall  be  dressed  to  a plane  surface 

1 1/2  inch  wide. 

101.  The  arch  stones  shall  have  accurately  dressed  beds  and  joints  through-  Arch  stones, 
out.  And  no  arch  stone  shall  be  less  than  3 feet  in  length. 

102.  The  intrados  of  all  the  arch  stones  shall  be  axed.  Arch  stones. 

103.  The  exposed  face  of  all  masonry  walls  shall  be  kept  clean  and  free  cleaning  and  pointing, 
from  dirt  or  cement  and  all  joints  shall  be  cleanly  scraped,  wetted  and  uni- 


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Measurements. 

Eock  face  hammer 
dressed. 

Definition  of  size. 
Shape. 

Burning  and  glazing. 

Lengths. 

Thickness. 

Joints. 

Curved  pipes. 

Matching. 

Making  joints. 

Measurements. 

Burning  and  glazing. 


Materials  and  Workmanship— 5'fo?ie  and  Stone  Masonry — {continued.) 

formly  pointed  with  mortar  containing  equal  parts  by  volume  of  cement  and 
sand. 

lOd.  The  measurements  on  all  masoniy  will  be  taken  in  cubic  contents  to 
the  draft  lines  and  no  allowance  made  for  rock  face. 

105.  The  rock  face  must  be  hammer  dressed  so  as  to  give  a uniformly  even 
appearance. 


Vitrified  Drain  Pijpes. 

JOG.  The  pipes  are  designated  by  their  interior  diameters. 

107.  Each  pipe  shall  be  of  uniform  diameter  and  truly  cylindrical. 

108.  Pipes  shall  be  of  the  best  material,  thoroughly  and  perfectly  burned, 
without  warps,  cracks  or  other  imperfections  and  shall  be  smoothly  salt-glazed 
in  the  best  manner  ovei’  their  inner  and  outer  surfaces. 

109.  Straight  pipes  shall  be  in  lengths  of  not  more  than  30  inches.  Pipes 
having  openings  moulded  into  them  shall  be  in  lengths  of  from  21  to  36  inches. 

1 10.  Pipes  10  inches  or  less  in  diameter  shall  have  a minimum  thickness  of 
1/8  inch  plus  1/12  of  the  diameter;  those  more  than  ten  inches  in  diameter 
shall  have  a minimum  thickness  of  1/12  of  the  diameter. 

111.  Pipes  shall  be  connected  with  hub  and  spigot  joints.  The  hub  shall 
be  of  standard  depth  and  clearance. 

112.  When  required,  curved  pipes  shall  be  furnished.  No  curved  pipe 
shall  exceed  3 feet  in  length. 

113.  All  pipes  previous  to  being  placed  in  the  work  shall  be  fitted  together 
and  matched  so  that  when  joined  in  place  they  may  form  a true  and  smooth 
line  of  tubes. 

11-1.  Each  joint  as  the  pipes  are  laid,  shall  be  filled  with  mortar  mixed  in 
the  proportion  of  1 part  of  cement  to  1 part  of  sand  by  volume.  The  joints 
shall  be  carefully  wiped  inside  and  out  and  pointed,  the  pipe  being  left  clean 
and  smooth  throughout. 

115.  Drain  pipes  will  be  measured  in  the  work  and  payment  made  for  the 
actual  length  of  drain. 

Vitrified  Conduits  for  Electric  Cables. 

116.  The  vitrified  conduits  for  electric  cables  shall  be  manufactured  of  the 
best  clay,  thoroughly  burned,  sound  in  all  respects,  straight  and  free  from 


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Materials  and  Workmanship — Vitrified  Conduits  for  Electric 
Cables — {continued.) 

splits,  fractures,  soft  spots,  stones,  cracks  or  blisters  tending  to  impair  their 
strength  or  durability.  They  shall  be  thoroughly  and  completely  glazed  with 
good  salt  glaze.  The  interior  surfaces  of  the  duct  holes  shall  be  smooth  and 
free  from  any  projections  or  imperfections  which  may  tend  to  strip  the  lead 
coating  from  the  electric  cable  when  pulled  through  the  duct.  The  ends  shall 
be  cut  smooth  and  square  with  the  axis.  Ends  of  holes  shall  be  slightly  bell-  speuai  lengths, 
mouthed.  When  conduits  are  cut  to  special  lengths,  the  cut  end  must  be 
dressed  with  chisel  and  rasp  until  the  hole  is  slightly  bell-mouthed  and  has  Beu  mouthed. 
smooth  edges. 

117.  Conduits  shall  be  of  whatever  form  and  pattern  the  Engineer  may  |u“ctlarre“uirid.® 
require,  eithei’  single  or  multiple  duct  conduits.  In  the  four-way  conduits, 

dowel  holes  are  to  be  formed  at  each  end  for  truly  centering  the  sections  when 
laying.  The  standard  length  of  single-duct  conduits  shall  be  18  inches  and  Lengths, 
four-way  conduits  30  or  36  inches,  as  the  Engineer  may  determine  from  the 
samples  submitted.  The  lengths  must  not  vary  from  the  standard  by  more 
than  3/1:  inch.  The  duct  holes  in  single-duct  conduits  shall  not  be  less  than 
3 1/2  inches,  nor  more  than  3 7/8  inches  in  diameter,  or  square  with  corners 
rounded;  the  outside  walls  and  webs  shall  be  3/4  inch  thick.  The  outside 
dimensions  of  four-way  ducts  shall  not  exceed  9 1/2  inches  on  a side.  The 
conduits  shall  be  square  on  outer  lines  with  corners  rounded. 

118.  The  adopted  sample  sections  of  conduits  exhibited  at  the  office  of  the  Samples. 
Engineer  shall  represent  in  every  way  the  conduits  to  be  furnished  by  the 
Contractor. 

119.  The  conduits  shall  be  laid  in  about  1/4  inch  beds  of  mortar  and  in  per-  Laying  conduits, 
feet  alignment  and  grade  throughout.  The  vertical  joints  between  conduits 

shall  be  filled  with  mortar  and  the  concrete  carried  up  in  layers  as  the  con- 
duits are  laid.  Dowels  with  central  washer  shall  be  provided  by  the  Con- 
tractor and  placed  in  every  dow^el  hole.  A wood  mandril  3 inches  in  diameter 
at  ends,  3 3/8  inches  in  diameter  at  the  center  and  4 feet  long  shall  be  threaded 
through  each  hole  after  the  conduits  have  been  bedded  in  place  and  tbe  Engi- 
neer may  require  the  Contractor  to  thread  the  mandril  through  a second  time. 

Aspring  steel  tube  scraper  with  a flue  brush  behind  it  or  other  device  approved 
by  the  Engineer  shall  be  attached  to  the  end  of  each  mandril  and  used  to 
remove  all  foreign  matter  from  the  duct. 

120.  Butt  joints  of  conduits  shall  be  broken  at  every  tier  half  the  length  Mating  joints, 
of  the  section  or  as  may  be  specially  required  by  the  Engineer.  Every  joint 

of  the  four-way  conduits  shall  be  lapped  around  with  two  thicknesses  and  6 
inches  overlap  of  No.  6 cotton  duck  canvas  6 inches  wide,  3 inches  on  each 


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Closures. 


Iron  bonds. 


Paraffined  plugs. 


Manholes. 


Fish  wire. 


Pipes  fo  be  wrought 
iron  lap-welded. 


Bent  pipes. 


Paraffined  plugs. 


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MATERI.4.LS  AND  W — Vitrified  Conduits  for  Electric 

Cables — {continued. ) 

abutting  section,  saturated  with  neat  cement  grout  immediately  before  placing. 
These  laps  are  to  be  doubled  on  curves.  Single-duct  conduits  are  to  be  lapped 
on  curves  only.  ' 

121.  Short  sections  of  conduit  shall  be  used  at  manholes  only  to  effect 
proper  bond  and  closures.  These  short  sections  shall  be  cut  cleanly  and  truly 
square  across  without  splitting  the  ducts.  No  four-way  conduit  section  shall 
be  cut  less  than  12  inches  long,  and  no  single  conduit  section  shall  be  cut  less 
than  9 inches  long. 

122.  Where  shown  in  horizontal  joints  between  four- way  and  one-way  con- 
duits and  about  3G  inches  from  centre  to  centre  and  staggered,  there  shall  be 
laid  on  the  flat  an  iron  or  steel  bond  2 inches  by  1/8  inch  and  length  as  shown 
in  plans,  split  and  forked  at  each  end  to  connect  the  face  and  back  portions  of 
the  walls;  or  in  lieu  of  such  bonds,  the  Engineer  may  require  the  use  of  ex- 
panded metal  or  wire  netting  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1009,  1010, 
10.11,  1031,  1032,  1033,  1031,  1040,  1041,  1042,  1043,  1054,  1060. 

123.  Paraffined  wooden  plugs  shall  be  furnished  by  the  Contractor  and 
placed  in  the  free  ends  of  all  ducts  when  work  is  discontinued  and  shall  be 
left  in  place. 

124.  Electric  conduits  will  be  measured  in  the  work  and  the  unit  price 
shall  include  dowels,  canvas  lapping  and  paraffined  plugs. 

125.  Manholes  will  be  built  at  intervals  and  in  accordance  with  plans  fur- 
nished by  the  Engineer.  Iron  manhole  castings  and  covers,  doors  and  other 
details  as  shown  on  the  plans  shall  be  supplied  and  set  in  place  by  the  Con- 
tractor. 

126.  One  No.  8 B.  & S.  gauge  galvanized  iron  wire  shall  be  placed,  pulled 
and  left  in  each  duct  from  manhole  to  manhole. 

Wrought  Iron  Pipes  for  Electric  Ducts. 

127.  Where  iron  pipes  are  required  for  electric  ducts,  they  shall  be  standard 
wrought  iron,  lap-welded  pipes,  3 1/2  inches  diameter  inside. 

128.  Bent  pipes  shall  be  free  from  distortion  in  cross  section,  and  the 
bends  shall  not  vary  anywhere  more  than  one  inch  from  the  form  requii’ed. 

129.  The  ends  of  pipes  shall  he  smoothed  and  rounded  with  a file  on  the 
inner  edges,  so  as  not  to  injure  the  lead  covering  of  the  electric  cables,  when 
drawn  through.  Paraffined  wooden  plugs  shall  be  furnished  by  the  Contractor 


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Materials  and  Workmanship — Iron  Pipes  for 

Electric  Ducts — {continued.) 

and  placed  in  the  free  end  of  all  ducts  when  work  is  discontinued  and  shall  be 
left  in  place. 


Flags. 

130.  Flags  for  covering  drains  shall  be  bard,  sound  Hudson  River  bluestoue 
or  slate,  or  other  hard,  durable  stone  acceptable  to  the  Engineer.  They  shall  be 
not  less  than  3 inches  nor  more  than  5 inches  thick  with  square  joints  and  of 
exact  width  required  by  the  plans.  They  shall  be  in  lengths  of  not  less  than 
21  inches.  They  shall  be  free  from  cracks,  splits,  soft  spots  or  other  defects 
and  shall  be  dressed  on  the  under  side  to  give  an  even  bearing  on  the  side  walls 
of  the  drains  without  the  use  of  sand,  spalls  or  mortar. 

Clay  Puddle. 

131.  Clay  to  be  used  as  puddle  is  to  be  good  stiff  clay,  perfectly  free  from 
sand,  earth  or  other  foreign  substances  and  is  to  be  thoroughly  worked  up  in  a 
pug  mill  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Engineer. 

Cast  Iron. 

132.  Cast  iron  shall  contain  not  less  than  1.00  per  cent,  of  silicon,  not  more  chemical  require- 
than  0.6  per  cent,  of  phosphorus  and  not  more  than  0.13  per  cent,  of  sulphur. 

No  mill  cinder,  white  or  burnt  iron  or  scrap  of  any  kind  will  be  permitted  in 
tbe  composition. 

133.  Castings  shall  be  made  with  a high  sinking  head,  so  as  to  insure  solid  siutinghead. 
metal  throughout. 

13d.  Test  bars  1 inch  square  and  1.5  inches  long  shall  be  cast  and  tested  in  Tests, 
their  rough  state.  Four  may  be  required  from  each  ladle  if  the  Engineer  con- 
siders it  necessary,  but  if  the  operation  of  melting  is  carried  on  continuously 
not  more  than  10  sets  of  4 each  will  be  required  from  any  cupola  during  a day 
of  24  hours.  Three  bars  of  each  set  will  be  broken  by  transverse  test  in  a suit- 
able testing  machine  approved  by  the  Engineer,  the  load  being  applied  slowly; 
the  bars  being  sustained  on  knife  edges  12  inches  apart  and  load  being  applied 
by  knife  edge  midway  between  the  supports.  The  average  breaking  load  of  2 
out  of  3 bars  must  exceed  2,000  pounds.  If  the  first  two  bars  tested  show  that 
the  metal  passes  this  test,  the  third  need  not  be  broken.  The  fourth  bar  when 
resting  on  solid  supports  1 foot  apart  must  sustain  4 blows  from  a 10  pound  Drop  test, 
weight  striking  midway  between  supports,  the  first  blow  falling  from  a height 
of  12  inches  and  subsequent  ones  from  heights  of  13,  14  and  15  inches  succes- 
sively. If  the  bars  fail  to  pass  any  of  these  tests,  the  castings  represented  will  be 


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Surface  finish  and 
soundness. 


Inspection  notice. 


Notice  of  shipment. 


Inspection  at  foundry 
not  final. 


Weights. 


Pitch  coating. 


Oil  bath. 


Castings  machined 
when  dry. 


Materials  and  Workmanship  — Casf  Iron— {continued.) 

rejected  and  it  will  be  understood  that  the  castings  represented  include  all  made 
between  the  successful  tests  immediately  preceding  and  following. 

135.  Castings  must  have  clean,  smooth  surfaces,  free  from  fins  and  surface 
imperfections.  They  must  be  neatly  chiseled  and  wirebrush  dressed  before 
leaving  the  foundry.  They  must  be  sound  and  free  from  blow  holes,  cold 
shuts  and  flaws.  Castings  having  blow  holes  plugged  or  puttied  and  those 
which  do  not  accurately  conform  in  form  and  dimensions  to  the  plans  will  be 
rejected.  Each  casting  shall  have  its  distinguishing  letter  or  number  cast  on 
at  the  place  indicated  on  the  plans. 

136.  The  Contractor  shall  notify  the  Engineer  at  what  foundry  or  foundries 
he  will  obtain  castings  and  shall  give  at  least  three  days  notice  in  writing  be- 
fore any  castings  are  manufactured  in  order  to  enable  the  Company’s  Inspector 
to  be  present.  No  castings  will  be  accepted  which  have  been  shipped  without 
such  notification  having  been  given. 

137.  Inspection  at  the  foundry  will  not  be  considered  an  acceptance  of 
castings  which  may  be  found  defective  after  they  have  been  delivered  at  the 
work. 

138.  The  actual  weight  of  any  casting  shall  not  differ  more  than  2 1/2  per 
cent,  from  the  calculated  weight.  In  calculating  weights,  the  weight  of  1 cubic 
foot  will  be  taken  at  450  pounds. 

139.  After  being  cleaned  and  while  still  hot,  at  a temperature  of  about  300 
deg.  F.,  castings  shall  be  dipped  in  a bath  of  pitch.  The  pitch  shall  be  made 
from  coal  tar,  distilled  until  the  naphtha  is  entirely  removed  and  the  material 
deodorized  with  a mixture  of  five  (5)  or  six  (6)  per  cent,  of  linseed  oil.  Pitch 
which  becomes  hard  and  brittle  when  cold  will  not  answer  for  this  use.  The 
pitch  must  be  carefully  heated  in  a suitable  vessel  to  a temperature  of  300  deg. 
F.  and  must  be  maintained  at  this  temperature  during  the  process  of  dipping. 
The  material  will  thicken  and  deteriorate  as  castings  are  dipped  into  it  and 
fresh  pitch  must  therefore  he  added  frequently,  and  occasionally  the  vessel 
must  be  emptied  and  refilled  with  fresh  pitch. 

140.  If  in  any  case  it  should  be  impracticable  to  dip  the  castings  in  pitch 
before  cooling,  they  shall  be  completely  coated  inside  and  out,  immediately 
after  cleaning,  with  linseed  oil  to  prevent  rusting  until  dipped.  No  casting 
shall  be  dipped  after  rust  has  set  in.  When  dipped,  the  castings  shall  remain 
in  the  pitch  bath  until  they  have  attained  a temperature  of  300  deg.  E. 

141.  After  being  dipped  tbe  castings  shall  be  removed  slowly  from  the  bath 
and  laid  on  skids  to  drip,  cool  and  dry  before  being  machined. 


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Materials  and  Workmanship— (7as^  Iron— {continued.) 

142.  All  ioints  of  cast  iron  tunnel  linines  shall  be  planed  to  correct  form  “0“  ““'“g  of 
and  dimensions.  Bolt  holes  may  be  cored  and  must  be  of  the  diameter  required;j°io‘®- 

the  diameter  of  the  bolt  holes  shall  be  J/4  inch  greater  than  the  diameter  of 

the  bolts.  The  thickness  of  the  flanges  shown  on  the  plans  is  the  minimum 

permissible  after  planing.  After  a segment  has  been  planed,  it  shall  be  tested 

by  applying  substantial  steel  templates  to  all  planed  faces,  the  templates  to  be 

of  the  exact  form  required,  with  plugs  attached  having  the  exact  diameter  of 

the  bolts  and  sufficient  length  to  pass  entirely  through  the  cored  holes.  The 

plugs  must  enter  the  bolt  holes  freely  and  the  joints  correspond  exactly  with 

the  template.  The  templates  shall  be  furnished  by  the  Contractor  and  shall  Sr“hape“lna^pu8ition 

be  satisfactory  to  the  Engineer.  Whenever  required  by  the  Engineer,  the 

segments  for  at  least  three  rings,  after  being  planed,  shall  be  bolted  together, 

the  rings  lying  horizontally,  and  when  so  connected  the  outer  edge  of  either 

face  of  any  ring  shall  vary  nowhere  more  than  1/2  inch  from  a true  circle  nor 

more  than  1/2  inch  in  length  of  circumference  from  the  length  required  by  the 

plans.  The  faces  of  the  rings  thus  bolted  up  shall  be  true  plane  surfaces.  Each  Marking. 

segment  shall  be  cast  with  a letter  or  figure  to  identify  it. 

143.  On  curves,  either  horizontal  or  vertical,  taper  rings  shall  be  used,  the 
tapers  being  formed  by  increasing  the  thickness  of  the  flanges.  The  longi- 
tudinal joints  shall  be  planed  first;  the  segments  forming  a ring  then  as- 
sembled, firmly  bolted  together  and  circumferential  joints  machine  faced. 

After  planing,  each  segment  shall  be  marked  on  one  of  the  finished  faces  v^'ith 
figures  cut  or  stamped  showing  the  ring  and  position  in  same  to  which  it  be- 
longs and  its  place  therein.  The  segments  of  each  taper  ring  shall  be  shipped 
together.  A number  of  complete  taper  rings  shall  always  be  on  hand  at  the 
work  ready  for  immediate  use. 


144.  The  faces  of  the  bosses  around  the  bolt  holes  shall  be  machine  faced 
parallel  to  the  plane  of  the  finished  joint. 


145.  The  spacing  of  bolt  holes  must  be  so  accurate  that  any  two  rings  spacing  of  bolt  uoies. 
of  tunnel  lining  or  screw  pile  section  can  be  bolted  together  in  any  relative 
position. 


14G.  Machined  faces  shall  have  a coating  of  white  lead  and  tallow  before 
shipment. 


Preservation  of 
machined  faces. 


147.  Shipments  shall  be  made  up  of  material  for  complete  rings. 


Shipment  in  complete 
rings. 


148.  The  Company  may  at  any  time  change  the  details  or  weight  of  the 
cast  iron  lining,  and  a corresponding  adjustment  of  the  contract  price  shall  be 
made  at  the  rate  per  pound  named  in  the  Schedules  of  Unit  Prices. 


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Screw  pile  sections. 


Machining  of  screw 
pile  sections. 


Bolt  and  dowel  holes 
in  screw  pile  sections. 


Bearings  for  heads 
and  nuts  of  bolts. 


Bolts  and  dowels  for 
screw  pile  sections. 


Quantity  of  screw 
IJiles. 


Payments. 


Payment  for  excess  or 
shortage  of  weight. 


To  be  Open  Hearth. 


Materials  and  Workmanship — Cast  Iron— {continued.) 

149.  The  sections  of  cast  iron  screw  piles  are  to  be  cast  truly  circular  or  so 
nearly  so  that  they  will  pass  through  a true  bored  metal  cylinder  8 feet  long  and 
of  diameter  1 /2  inch  greater  than  the  required  diameter  of  screw'  pile  sections  and 
they  shall  at  the  same  time  be  of  the  full  diameter  required.  The  true  cylinder 
or  cylinders  for  testing  as  above  shall  be  provided  by  the  Contractor,  and  each 
screw  pile  section  shall  be  passed  through  same.  The  screw  pile  sections  shall 
be  everywhere  of  the  thickness  required  by  the  Contract  Drawings. 

150.  All  the  cast  iron  screw  pile  sections  are  to  be  machine  faced  dead 
square  to  the  axis  of  each  section. 

151.  All  bolt  and  dowel  holes  in  screw'  pile  sections  are  to  be  drilled  accu- 
rately in  position  and  this  accuracy  w'ill  be  tested  in  a similar  manner  to  that 
adopted  for  bolt  holes  of  tunnel  segments.  The  bottoms  of  dowel  holes  must 
he  smooth  and  square  with  holes.  The  templates  for  testing  shall  be  furnished 
by  the  Contractor  and  shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  Engineer. 

152.  The  bearing  faces  for  heads  and  nuts  of  bolts  on  cast  iron  screw  pile 
sections  must  be  machined,  and  on  no  account  shall  the  fillets  interfere  w'ith 
obtaining  the  full  bearing  for  said  heads  and  nuts. 

153.  Bolts  and  turned  dowels  shall  fit  accurately  and  uniformly  in  all  holes 
of  screw  pile  sections. 

154.  The  numbers,  weights,  or  total  length  of  cast  iron  screw  piles  as  given 
in  the  Schedules  are  estimated  on  the  assumption  of  intersections  of  rock  lines 
and  bottoms  of  tunnels  and  that  the  screw  piles  will  be  driven  down  to  eleva- 
tions where  in  the  opinion  of  the  Engineer  sufficient  bearing  capacity  will 
be  obtained.  The  Engineer  may  however  determine  to  carry  the  screw  piles 
dow'u  to  bed  rock  or  any  depth  more  or  less  than  those  given  in  Schedules  and 
the  number  of  screw  piles  may  be  increased  or  diminished. 

155.  Actual  weights  of  all  castings  will  be  paid  for  on  progress  estimates 
unless  their  average  weight  exceeds  the  calculated  weight;  but  no  payment 
W'ill  be  made  for  such  excess. 

156.  If  the  actual  w'eight  of  castings  for  tunnel  linings,  screw  piles  or 
other  parts  of  work  is  less  on  an  average  than  the  calculated  weights,  a 
corresponding  deduction  will  be  made  from  the  estimates  for  payment;  but  no 
addition  to  the  estimates  will  be  made  for  average  excess  w'eight. 

Steel  Castings. 

157.  Steel  castings  shall  be  made  by  the  Open  Hearth  process.  They  shall 
be  free  from  injurious  blow  holes. 


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Materials  and  Workmanship — Steel  Castings —{continued.) 

158.  The  chemical  requirements  will  be  the  same  as  for  rolled  steel. 

159.  All  steel  castings  shall  be  annealed.  Annealing. 

160.  Every  steel  casting  shall  be  cast  with  two  coupons  for  testing,  each  1 Tests, 
inch  in  diameter  and  not  less  than  10  inches  long,  which  shall  be  cut  off  after 
annealing.  The  test  shall  be  made  on  a S/i  inch  round  turned  from  this 
coupon. 

161.  The  sample  bar  when  tested  will  be  required  to  develop  an  ultimate  strength, 
strength  of  at  least  70,000  lbs.  per  square  inch,  an  elastic  limit  of  40,000  lbs. 

and  an  elongation  of  15  per  cent,  in  two  inches  including  the  fracture,  and  a 
reduction  of  20  per  cent,  in  area.  If  the  broken  end  shows  a blow  hole  or 
other  manifest  defect  the  second  coupon  may  be  turned  to  3/4  inch  and  tested 
and  its  results  taken  instead  of  those  of  the  first  coupon. 

162.  On  finished  surfaces  there  shall  be  no  blow  holes  exceeding  1 inch  in  biow  holes, 
any  dimension,  or  1/2  square  inch  in  area.  The  length  of  blow  holes  cut  by  a 
straight  line  laid  in  any  direction  shall  not  exceed  1 inch  in  any  one  foot. 

163.  The  cast  steel  lining  of  portions  of  iron  lined  tunnels  driven  with  shield 
shall  he  finished,  pitch-coated,  machined,  tested,  inspected,  weighed,  marked 
and  in  every  other  way  conform  to  the  requirements  (where  not  otherwise 
specifically  stated)  specified  for  cast  iron  lining  in  paragraphs  135  to  137  and 
139  to  148  inclusive. 

164.  The  cast  steel  segments  of  tunnel  lining  which  in  pairs  form  the 
bore  at  bottom  of  tunnel  for  screw  pile  and  screw  blade  are  to  be  fitted 
together  at  the  shops  with  taper  dowel  pins  and  bored  to  make  a machine  fit 
for  the  collar  of  steel  sleeve,  and  the  other  faces  machined  as  for  cast  iron 
tunnel  lining,  also  tapped  and  plugged  with  2 1/4  inch  diameter  brass  plugs. 

165.  The  screw  point  of  screw  pile  is  to  bo  cast  truly  to  the  required  shape,  screw  pile  point, 
machine-faced,  bored  or  drilled  for  dowel  and  bolt  holes  and  Vvill  be  tested  for 
accuracy  of  shape  and  spacing  of  bolt  and  dowel  holes  as  required  for  the  cast 

iron  screw  pile  sections,  paragraphs  149  to  153  inclusive  of  specifications. 

166.  The  actual  weight  of  any  steel  casting  shall  not  differ  more  than  4 per  weights, 
cent,  from  the  calculated  weight.  In  calculating  weights,  the  weight  of  one 
cubic  foot  will  be  taken  at  490  pounds. 

167.  Actual  weights  of  steel  castings  will  be  paid  for  on  progress  estimates  Payments  on  progress, 
unless  the  average  weight  exceeds  the  calculated  weight,  but  no  payment  will 

be  made  for  such  excess. 


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Payments  on  actual 
weight. 

Materials  and  Workmanship— S/eeZ  Castings— {continued.) 

168.  If  the  actual  weight  of  steel  castings  is  less  on  an  average  than  the 
calculated  weight,  a corresponding  deduction  will  be  made  from  the  estimates; 
hut  no  addition  to  the  estimates  will  be  made  for  average  excess  weight. 

To  be  Open  Hearth. 

Rolled  Steel  Work. 

169.  Steel  shall  be  made  by  the  Open  Hearth  process  at  works  which  have 
been  in  successful  operation  for  at  least  one  year.  This  is  not  intended  to 
exclude  new  furnaces  built  in  connection  with  existing  works.  Steel  made  in 

Chemical  require- 
ments. 

an  acid  furnace  shall  not  contain  more  than  8/100  of  1 per  cent,  of  phosphorus 
nor  more  than  6/100  of  1 per  cent,  of  sulphur.  If  made  in  a basic  furnace,  it 
shall  not  contain  more  than  4/100  of  1 per  cent,  of  phosphorus  nor  more  than 
5/100  of  1 per  cent,  of  sulphur.  These  amounts  shall  be  determined  from  an 

analysis  of  material  from  the  ladle. 

Analyses  of  all  melts.  Certified  ladle  aualjses  for  carbon,  sulphur,  phosphorus  and  man- 

ganese will  he  required  of  all  melts  free  of  charge. 

Analyses  from  drillings.  Aiialyses  fi’om  di’iHiugs  takeii  directly  from  the  finished  material  shall 


Surface  defects. 

also  be  furnished  by  the  Contractor  when  required  by  the  Engineer,  and  the 
Engineer  may  also  have  independent  check  analyses  made  at  any  time  which 
shall  have  full  weight  in  determining  the  acceptance  or  rejection  of  the 
material.  The  limit  for  phosphorus  in  analyses  from  drillings  shall  be  9/100 
of  1 per  cent,  for  acid  steel  and  5/100  of  1 per  cent,  for  basic  steel;  the  limits 
of  sulphur  remaining  the  same  as  in  analyses  from  ladle. 

172.  Finished  steel  must  be  uniform  in  texture  throughout,  free  from 
ragged  edges  or  surface  imperfections  of  any  kind,  and  any  evidences  of 
piping,  lamination  or  other  defects  which  may  become  apparent  during  manu- 
facture shall  he  cause  for  rejection. 

Variation  from  speci- 
fied weights. 

173.  The  variations  of  cross  sections  or  weights  of  rolled  material  shall  not 
exceed  2 1/2  per  cent,  from  the  specified  cross  sections  or  weights,  except  in 
plates  more  than  30  inches  wide. 

stamping  melt  number.  Every  finished  plate,  bar  or  shape  shall  be  plainly  stamped  on  one 


Tensile  and  bending 
tests. 

side  near  the  middle  with  a numher  identifying  the  melt  which  shall  be  sur- 
rounded with  a heavy  circle  of  white  paint.  Eivet  steel  and  small  pieces  not 
forming  part  of  the  calculated  section  of  members,  may  be  shipped  iu  bundles 
wired  together  with  the  melt  number  on  a metal  tag  attached. 

175.  Tensile  and  bending  tests  shall  he  made  on  test  pieces  cut  from  the 
finished  material  representing  each  melt.  When  the  same  melt  is  rolled  into 
several  varieties  or  thicknesses  of  shapes,  a test  piece  shall  be  cut  from  eacb 
variety  and  each  thickness  at  the  discretion  of  the  Inspector.  The  test  piece 

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Materials  and  Workmanship— iJo/Zed  Steel  Work— {continued.) 

shall  be  at  least  18  inches  long  and  be  planed  or  turned  parallel  for  the  whole 
length.  It  shall  have  an  area  not  less  than  1/2  square  inch  in  cross  section. 

The  tests  shall  be  made  on  a sample  bar  in  its  natural  state  without  annealing, 
unless  the  material  is  to  be  annealed,  in  which  case  the  sample  bar  shall  be 
treated  in  the  same  manner. 

176.  Steel  for  bolts,  rivets  and  dowels  of  screw  piles  shall  have  an  ultimate  Rivet steei. 
strength  of  48,000  to  .56,000  pounds  per  square  inch;  an  elastic  limit  not  less 

than  28,000  pounds  per  square  inch;  a minimum  elongation  in  8 inches  of  28 
per  cent,  with  a reduction  of  area  of  56  percent.;  and  must  be  capable  of  being 
bent  flat  on  itself  when  cold  without  sign  of  fracture. 

177.  Steel  for  plates,  bars  and  shapes  shall  have  an  ultimate  strength  of 
52,000  to  62,000  pounds  per  square  inch;  an  elastic  limit  of  not  less  than 

28,000  pounds  per  square  inch  and  a minimum  elongation  in  8 inches  of  25  per 
cent,  with  a reduction  of  area  of  50  per  cent.  It  must  be  capable  of  being 
bent  double  when  cold  with  no  sign  of  fracture. 

178.  The  fracture  of  all  steel  must  be  silky  and  have  no  crystalline  appear-  Drifting  test, 
ance.  Every  steel  plate,  bar  or  shape  must  be  capable  of  standing  a drifting 

test  by  punching  a hole  a distance  of  two  diameters  from  the  edge  and  enlar- 
ging this  hole  to  twice  its  original  diameter  without  cracking  or  fracturing  the 
material.  Any  material  punched  for  use  and  indicating  cracks  from  punching 
holes  will  be  condemned. 

179.  Angles  of  all  thicknesses  shall  bend  flat  and  all  angles  less  than  1 /2  inch  ®°'^- 

in  thickness  shall  bend  shut  when  cold  under  a hammer  wuthout  showing 

signs  of  fracture. 

180.  The  Contractor  shall  furnish  free  of  charge  prepared  specimens  for  Test  pieces, 
testing,  the  use  of  a testing  machine  satisfactory  to  the  Engineer  and  all 
facilities  and  necessary  assistance  for  making  the  tests. 

181.  Re-tests  will  be  made  only  at  the  Contractor’s  request  and  it  will  be 
at  the  Engineer’s  discretion  whether  the  material  be  accepted  or  not. 

182.  All  facilities  for  inspection  of  material  and  workmanship,  including  Facilities  for  inspec- 
a suitable  room  for  office  shall  be  furnished  by  the  Contractor  to  Inspectors 
appointed  by  the  Engineer,  and  the  Engineer  and  his  Inspectors  shall  be 

allowed  free  access  to  any  part  of  the  plant  or  plants  in  which  any  portion  of 
the  material  is  made. 

183.  The  acceptance  of  any  material  by  an  Inspector  shall  not  prevent  its  Roection  after accept- 
subsequent  rejection  if  found  defective  at  any  time  before  the  final  accept- 
ance of  the  completed  structure. 


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Work  to  plans. 


Workmanship. 


Work  to  be  the  best 
that  specifications 
admit  of. 


Storing  material. 


Cleaning. 


Straightening. 


Templating. 


Punching. 


Reaming. 


Punching,  reaming 
and  drilling. 


Field  connections  to 
reamed. 


Materials  and  Workmanship— Steel  Worh~{conUnued.) 

184.  The  work  shall  be  done  in  all  respects  according  to  the  plans  and  speci- 
fications furnished  or  approved  by  the  Engineer. 

18.5.  All  workmanship  throughout,  in  every  detail  of  construction,  must 
be  of  the  best  kind  now  in  use. 

186.  Where  there  is  any  doubt  as  to  the  quality  of  the  workmanship  re- 
quired by  the  plans  and  specifications,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Inspector  to 
require  the  best  class  of  work  which  any  interpretation  will  admit  of,  and  in 
the  event  of  any  dispute  as  to  his  requirements  appeal  shall  be  made  to  the 
Engineer  and  his  ruling  thereon  shall  be  final  and  binding  on  the  Contractor. 

187.  All  material  arriving  at  the  shop  shall  be  unloaded  without  delay  and 
protected  from  rust  by  being  stored  under  cover. 

188.  All  material  shall  be  thoroughly  cleaned  from  scale,  rust  spots  and  dirt 
by  an  efficient  method,  leaving  the  material  perfectly  clean. 

189.  All  material  must  be  perfecty  straightened  at  the  shop;  mill  straight- 
ening will  not  be  considered  sufficient. 

190.  Templates  shall  not  be  applied  to  material  unless  it  is  perfectly  straight 
and  they  must  lie  flat  without  any  distortion  while  marking  is  being  made. 

191.  Eivet  holes  shall  be  punched  accurately  1/16  of  an  inch  larger  than 
the  rivet,  through  dies  not  more  than  1/16  of  an  inch  larger  in  diameter  than 
the  punch.  The  holes  of  built  members  must  come  truly  opposite  so  that  the 
rivets  can  be  inserted  without  the  use  of  drift  pins.  If  any  hole  must  be 
enlarged  to  admit  the  rivet,  it  must  be  reamed.  If  any  considerable  number 
of  holes  fail  to  match  when  assembled  by  1/8  of  an  inch  or  more,  the  inaccu- 
rately punched  material  may  be  rejected. 

192.  Steel  up  to  a thickness  of  3/4  of  an  inch  may  be  punched  without 
reaming,  but  w’hen  of  a greater  thickness  it  shall  be  either  drilled  from  the 
solid  or  punched  with  holes  1/8  of  an  inch  smaller  than  the  size  of  the  rivet 
and  reamed  to  fit  the  same.  All  reaming  shall  be  done  after  the  parts  have 
been  assembled,  and  the  reamed  holes  must  be  entirely  smooth  showing  that 
the  tool  has  everywhere  touched  the  metal. 

193.  For  all  important  field  connections  such  as  the  connection  of  longitud- 
inal to  transverse  girders  or  any  field  connections  designed  to  transfer  direct 
live  and  dead  loads,  the  hole  shall  be  punched  1/8  of  an  inch  small  and  reamed 
to  size,  either  by  means  of  an  iron  template  at  least  1 inch  thick,  or  while  the 
parts  are  temporarily  bolted  together  in  the  shop  and  match  marked  for  erec- 
tion. This  provision  does  not  apply  where  the  plans  show’^  that  connections 
are  to  be  reamed  or  drilled  in  the  field. 


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Materials  and  Workmanship— Steel  Work — {continued.) 

194.  The  diameter  of  the  rivets  shall  be  such  as  to  require  when  heated  a 
slight  pressure  to  force  them  into  the  hole.  The  size  of  the  rivets  shall  he 
adjusted  to  fill  this  condition. 

195.  All  rivets  when  driven  must  completely  fill  the  holes  and  have  per-  Riveting, 
fectly  formed  heads,  concentric  with  the  rivet  shank  and  of  approved  hemi- 
spherical shape.  They  must  be  driven  to  close  bearing  under  the  head  and 
must  be  perfectly  tight.  Any  rivet  found  to  be  caulked  under  the  head  must 

be  cut  out,  whether  loose  or  not.  All  riveting  in  shops  must  be  done  by  direct 
acting  power  machines  capable  of  maintaining  pressure  on  the  rivet  when 
upset. 

19G.  In  heating  rivets,  whether  at  the  shops  or  in  the  field,  the  greatest 
care  must  be  exercised  to  avoid  “burning  ” or  wasting  the  steel,  as  any  driven 
rivet  so  burned  will  be  required  to  be  cut  out.  Rivets  shall  preferably  be 
slowly  heated  up  to  a good  driving  heat  and  not  raised  beyond  that  tempera- 
ture. 

197.  Special  attention  must  be  paid  to  field  riveting  as  all  rivets  driven  in  Field riveuug. 
the  field  which  are  not  perfectly  tight  will  be  ordered  cut  out  and  redriven 
together  with  any  rivets  which  may  be  loosened  in  the  redriving. 

198.  The  heating  of  rivets  in  the  field  shall  be  done  by  the  most  modern 
and  efficient  machines  in  the  market.  The  open  coal  blower  forge  will  not  be 
accepted  for  heating  field  rivets.  The  “ Boyer”  riveters  manufactured  by  the 
Chicago  Pneumatic  Tool  Company  and  the  Oil  Rivet  Forges  manufactured  by 
the  Rockwell  Engineering  Company  of  New  York,  will  be  accepted  as  satis- 
factory, but  the  Contractor  will  be  allowed  to  use  any  other  appliances 
approved  by  the  Engineer. 

199.  Countersunk  rivets  shall  be  driven  so  as  to  fill  the  countersunk  holes  countersunk  rivets, 
completely  and  in  such  a manner  as  to  dispense  with  chipping  as  much  as 

possible. 

200.  All  chipping,  whether  of  rivets  or  other  parts,  shall  be  done  in  a work-  o>>ippi“g- 
manlike  manner  without  breaking  out  of  metal.  Each  chipped  surface  shall 

be  finished  off  with  a file.  Where  the  material  is  chipped  or  planed  out  of  a 
plate  or  shape,  the  concave  corners  shall  be  rounded  off  to  a radius  of  at  least 
2 inches  unless  showm  otherwise  on  the  plans. 

201.  All  steel  heated  for  the  purpose  of  forging,  bending  or  upsetting  shall  Annealing, 
be  subsequently  annealed  by  heating  to  a dark  red  heat  and  allowing  to  cool 
slow’ly. 


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Fainting  surfaces 
which  will  be  inac- 
cessible. 


Paints. 


Straightening. 


Stiffener  angles. 


Facing. 


Painting  before  ship- 
ment. 


Preservation  of 
machined  faces. 


Loading. 


Painting  after  erec- 
tion. 


Materials  and  Workmanship— Steel  Work— {continued.) 

202.  Before  assembling,  the  several  parts  of  a built  up  member  shall  be 
cleaned,  and  the  surfaces  which  will  be  in  contact,  painted  with  one  heavy 
coat  of  prepared  red-lead  paint,  manufactured  either  by  the  Patterson-Sergeant 
Company,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  or  the  Lowe  Paint  Co.,  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  of  the 
same  quality  and  grade  as  furnished  by  them  to,  and  used  by  the  Long  Island 
Eailroad  Company.  The  parts  shall  then  be  assembled  w'hile  this  paint  is  wet 
and  the  members  riveted  up. 

203.  All  members  must  be  finished  straight,  free  of  twists,  bends  or  open 
joints  and  no  straightening  of  any  description  will  be  permitted  after  a mem- 
ber is  riveted  up. 

204.  All  stiffener  angles  on  plate  girders  shall  be  machined  to  secure  a 
tight  bearing  fit  with  the  flange  angles  with  corners  rounded  to  fit  the  fillet  of 
these  angles  neatly. 

205.  The  ends  of  longitudinal  girders  when  framed  into  transverse  girders 
shall  be  faced  true  and  square  and  to  the  exact  length  called  for  on  the 
drawings. 

206.  Before  leaving  the  shop  each  piece  shall  be  given  a coat  of  the  paint 
specified  in  paragraph  202.  Surfaces  assembled  together  during  erection  shall 
each  receive  a heavy  coat  of  the  same  paint  before  assembling,  but  surfaces 
which  are  to  be  in  contact  with  mortar  or  concrete  in  the  completed  work  shall 
not  be  painted. 

207.  Surfaces  being  painted  must  be  dry  If  painting  is  done  in  open  air, 
it  must  be  done  during  dry  weather.  All  machine-finished  surfaces  shall  be 
cleaned,  oiled  and  given  a heavy  coat  of  white  lead  and  tallow  before  leaving 
the  shop. 

208.  All  parts  shall  be  carefully  loaded  and  protected  from  injury  during 
erection  by  such  means  as  will  be  satisfactory  to  the  Inspector.  After  delivery 
of  material  at  the  work,  the  Contractor  will  be  required  to  store  it  under  cover 
on  skids  at  least  12  inches  above  the  ground  and  to  keep  it  in  good  condition. 
He  will  be  required  to  clean  it  before  erection  and  to  remove  any  paint,  oil  or 
rust  from  surfaces  which  will  be  in  contact  with  mortar  or  concrete  in  the  com- 
pleted work,  using  the  sand  blast  if  the  Engineer  requires  it. 

209.  Any  piece  showing  injurious  effects  of  rough  handling  may  be 
rejected. 

210.  As  soon  as  possible  after  erection,  the  structure  shall  be  cleaned  and 
surfaces  which  are  not  to  be  built  into  mortar  or  concrete  shall  be  given  two 
coats  of  such  paint  as  the  Engineer  may  require.  Any  places  w'here  the  first 


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Materials  and  Workmanship  -Rolled  Steel  W orh— {continued.) 

coat  of  paint  may  have  been  scraped  off  and  the  material  rusted  shall  be 
cleaned  and  coated  with  boiled  linseed  oil  before  painting.  No  paint  shall  be 
applied  until  the  preceding  coat  is  dry,  or  in  wet  or  freezing  weather. 

211.  After  complete  erection  and  before  acceptance  by  tbe  Engineer,  the  Removal  of  raise 
Contractor  must  remove  all  false  works,  plant  and  materials  used  by  him,  and 

clean  the  entire  structure  of  rubbish  of  any  kind. 

Shaft  and  Working  Sites. 

212.  The  shaft  in  Weehawken  (Section  I)  will  be  sunk  in  the  position  and  Weehawkeii  Shaft, 
built  with  retaining  walls  of  conci’ete,  according  to  the  plans  shown  on  Contract 
Drawings  Nos.  1014,  1015.  The  retaining  walls  at  top  of  shaft  shall  Eetaimugwaiis. 
be  of  concrete.  The  concrete  and  forms  for  same  shall  conform  with  the 
requirements  of  paragraphs  67  to  81  inclusive.  The  walls  shall,  if  the  Engineer 

requires  it,  be  built  in  sections  about  50  feet  long  with  contraction  joints  of  a contracuou  joints, 
suitable  form.  The  walls,  or  each  section  thereof,  shall  be  built  without  stop- 
ping work  so  that  no  concrete  will  have  obtained  a hard  set  before  tbe  next 
layer  is  added.  Faces  shall  be  finished  in  accordance  with  paragraph  79  and 
the  upper  portion  of  the  back  of  tbe  wall  shall  have  a similar  facing  extending 
12  inches  below  the  final  ground  surface.  The  coping  on  retaining  walls  will 
be  of  granitoid,  finished  in  at  least  50  ft.  lengths  in  one  operation,  with  a hard 
smooth  trowelled  face  to  the  required  form.  The  retaining  walls  shall  be 
waterproofed  with  clay  puddle  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawing  No. 

1015,  or  in  the  manner  described  in  paragraphs  296  to  299  inclusive 
as  the  Engineer  may  deem  best.  In  the  rock  excavation  for  shaft 
care  must  be  taken  not  to  destroy  or  undermine  the  foundation  of  the  retain- 
ing walls  of  shaft,  and  in  the  event  of  such  occurring,  the  Contractor  will  be 
required  to  carry  the  retaining  walls  down  to  a good  bearing  and  foundation 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Engineer  without  any  extra  payment.  The  surface 
of  rock  on  which  concrete  is  to  be  laid  shall  be  levelled  off  evenly  and  cleaned 
before  any  concrete  is  laid  thereon.  The  Standard  Section  Lines  shown  on  the 
Contract  Drawings  indicate  the  required  planes  of  internal  faces  of  shaft  within 
which  excavation  is  measured  and  the  excavation  shall  at  no  place  encroach  out-  Limits  of  excavation, 
ward  beyond  said  lines  and  it  must  not  project  inwards  {i.  e.,  towards  center 
of  shaft)  more  than  six  inches  from  said  lines.  In  the  event  of  rock  ex- 
cavations being  carried  beyond  the  limits  described  above,  the  Contractor 
will  be  required  to  restore  the  sides  of  the  shaft  to  the  required  dimensions  by 
concrete  or  as  the  Engineer  directs,  without  any  extra  charge.  The  sides  of  the 
excavation  are  to  be  cut  neatly  to  batter  and  no  ledges  where  water 
may  lodge  will  be  permitted.  The  Contractor  is  to  back-fill  shaft  at  surface  Back-miing  at 
with  excavated  materials  from  same,  bringing  the  ground  up  to  the  levels 


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Miscellaneous  Work  in 
Weehawken  Shaft. 


Catch  gutter. 


Apportionment  of 
Weehawken  Shaft  to 
Contractors. 


Ground  for 
Contractors’  plant. 


Shaft  and  Working  Sites— (cow^mwec?.) 

shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1014:,  1015,  finishing  up  with  at  least  two 
feet  of  gravel.  The  stream  at  the  West  end  of  this  shaft  is  to  have  its  waterway- 
maintained  clear  and  the  banks  of  same  on  completion  of  work  left  unob- 
structed. 

213.  The  Miscellaneous  Work  (Section  K)  in  W^eehawken  Shaft  which  in- 
cludes the  cross  tunnel,  masonry  portals,  electric  conduits,  steel  and  concrete 
formations,  etc.,  shall  be  done  in  accordance  with  Contract  Drawings  Nos. 
1033,  1039,  1010,  1011,  10T2,  1013,  1016,  1017,  1018,  1019,  1050,  1051,  1052, 
1053,  1051,  1055,  1056,  105  7.  The  excavations  behind  the  benches  carrying 
the  electrical  ducts  must  be  taken  out  to  permit  of  at  least  the  full  section 
of  concrete  wall  being  obtained.  A catch  gutter  of  iron  and  concrete  is  to  be 
fixed  on  the  slopes  of  shaft  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1050,  1051. 
The  rock  is  to  be  neatly  cut  to  receive  this  gutter,  and  should  the  Contractor 
cut  or  break  away  more  than  is  necessary  for  this  he  shall  make  it  good  and 
fix  the  gutter  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Engineer.  This  Miscellaneous  Work 
shall  be  done  when  and  where  the  Engineer  may  direct  and  the  Contractor 
for  Section  Gj  shall  be  required  to  dispose  his  working  arrangements  as  the 
Engineer  may  think  best  and  consistent  with  the  expeditious  carrying  out  of 
the  work;  but  the  Contractor  for  Section  K in  the  execution  of  this  work 
shall  in  no  way  interfere  with  the  working  arrangements  of  the  Contractor 
for  Section  Gj,  exc-ept  under  the  specific  instructions  of  the  Engineer.  On 
the  completion  of  the  work  the  Contractor  for  Section  K shall  assume  the 
obligations  of  maintenance  of  this  shaft  for  the  period  stated  in  contract. 

211.  As  hereinafter  described  in  this  and  paragraphs  286,  288  and  306, 
two-thirds  of  the  area  of  the  Weehawken  Shaft  at  grade  level  and  a 
heading  or  tunnel  through  Bergen  Hill  will  be  turned  over  to  the  Con- 
tractor for  Section  Gj  for  use  in  the  execution  of  the  work  in  that  Section, 
and  the  remaining  one-third  of  shaft  to  the  Contractor  for  Section  K for 
similar  use.  The  area  assigned  to  the  Contractor  for  Section  Gj  will  include  a 
clear  way  through  the  shaft  to  one  or  the  other  of  the  Beigen  Hill  tunnels. 
The  apportionment  of  this  area  is  to  be  made  in  a manner  which  the  Engineer 
considers  most  conducive  to  the  progress  of  the  works  as  a whole,  and  will  be 
changed  in  location  or  shape  but  not  in  area,  on  the  change  of  occupancy  of 
the  Bergen  Hill  tunnels  for  the  disposal  of  spoil,  as  elsewhere  described.  The 
Contractors  shall  at  all  times  during  the  execution  of  their  woik,  maintain  the 
portions  of  the  shaft  or  tunnels  assigned  to  either  of  them  in  a clean  and 
proper  condition.  The  Contractor  for  Section  K will  assume  the  maintenance 
of  this  shaft  and  other  works  done  by  him  which  may  have  been  temporarily 
occupied  by  the  Contractor  for  Sections  Gj  and  K,  as  provided  for  above.  The 
areas  at  the  surface  adjacent  to  the  shaft  available  for  use  by  the  Contractors 
for  Sections  Gj  and  K will  be  pointed  out  by  the  Engineer. 


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Shaft  and  Working  Sites — {continued.) 

215.  The  area  available  as  a working  site  for  use  of- Contractor  for  Section  working  site  at  portal. 

K at  the  portal  on  west  side  of  Bergen  Hill  will  be  pointed  out  by  the  En- 
gineer. 

Tunnels  Driven  With  Shields. 

216.  The  Contractor  must  provide  at  the  shaft  an  adequate  plant,  includ- nant  at  shaft, 
ing  boilers,  air  compressors,  hydraulic  machinery,  dynamos  and  all  other 
necessary  plant,  with  a reasonable  duplication  to  meet  unusual  and  unex- 
pected emergencies. 

217.  The  air  compressors  shall  be  of  sufficient  capacity  to  deliver  regularly  capacity  of  com- 

'■  L j pressors  per  heading. 

into  each  heading  at  least  300,000  cubic  feet  of  free  air  per  hour  at  a pressure 
of  50  lbs.  per  square  inch  above  the  normal  air  pressure  and  for  a larger 
amount  if  found  necessary  during  the  progress  of  the  work.  The  air  for  the  Air  to  be  cooled, 
compressors  must  be  drawn  from  the  exterior  of  the  power  house  and  the  in- 
take so  located  as  to  give  pure  cool  air.  The  air  shall  be  further  cooled,  and 
oil  and  other  impurities  removed  as  completely  as  practicable  before  delivering 
it  into  the  headings. 

218.  In  order  to  provide  a reasonable  margin  for  repairs  and  contingencies,  spare  bouer  and  com- 

o t / pressor  plant, 

a spare  compressor  and  boiler  plant  shall  be  provided  at  the  shaft  and  kept  in 
good  condition  and  repair,  ready  for  immediate  use.  The  capacity  of  the  spare 
plant  shall  be  25  per  cent,  of  that  required  in  the  preceding  paragraph  for 
regular  operation. 

219.  Provision  must  be  made  for  storing  in  tanks  at  each  boiler  house  water  supply, 
enough  feed  water  for  12  hours  supply  unless  connections  can  be  made  with 

two  independent  and  sufficient  sources  of  supply. 

220.  The  air  shall  be  delivered  into  each  heading  through  two  supply  pipes  Air  supply  pipes, 
of  such  capacity  that  the  velocity  of  air  through  them  in  regular  working  shall 

not  exceed  40  feet  per  second.  These  pipes  shall  be  tapped  with  regulating 
valves  in  each  intermediate  air  chamber  in  tunnels  and  sufficient  air  admitted 
to  ventilate  it  and  to  maintain  the  pressure  required.  If  required  by  the  Air  supply  to  inter- 
Engineer,  air  shall  be  delivered  at  the  shield  in  each  section  or  compartment  headings! 
thereof  where  men  are  employed,  and  withdrawn  therefrom  in  special  exhaust 
pipes,  with  suitable  regulating  valves. 

221.  Each  supply  pipe  shall  be  furnished  with  two  tees  with  valves  and  an  By-pass  at  plant  station, 
intermediate  valve  in  the  supply  pipe  at  some  convenient  place  between  the 
compressors  and  the  shaft  to  enable  a by-pass  to  be  formed. 

222.  A foul  air  vent  pipe  8 inches  in  diameter  shall  be  carried  back  from  the  vent  pipe  from  shield, 
shield  through  each  lock  bulkhead  to  the  ordinary  atmosphere  to  ventilate  the 


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Ventilation  and 
purity  of  air. 


Deaden  noise  of  air. 
Blasting  fumes. 

Bulkheads  and  air 
locks. 


Material  locks. 

Emergency  lock. 
Galleries. 

Strength. 


Pipes  through  bulk- 
heads. 


Number  of  bulkheads. 


Kemoval  of  bulkheads. 


Safety  screens. 


Shields. 


Tunnels  Driven  With  Shields— (cow 

heading  and  shall  be  provided  with  a 10  inch  pressure  regulating  valve  near 
the  shield  to  maintain  the  pressure  required;  the  valve  shall  be  so  placed  as 
not  to  be  readily  tampered  with, 

223.  Effective  means  shall  be  used  to  secure  proper  ventilation.  The 
amount  of  carbonic  acid  at  any  working  face  or  in  any  chamber  must  never 
exceed  one  part  in  one  thousand  parts  of  air,  and  compressors  must  be  run  so 
as  to  maintain  at  all  times  a change  of  air  through  the  pressure  regulating 
valves.  Suitable  devices  shall  he  used  to  deaden  the  noise  of  air  introduced 
and  exhausted  as  much  as  practicable.  When  blasting  is  resorted  to,  special 
means  must  be  provided  for  the  rapid  removal  of  the  fumes  produced. 

221-.  Bulkheads  shall  be  built  in  each  tunnel  at  intervals  not  exceeding 
1,000  feet  and  there  shall  at  no  time  be  an  interval  of  more  than  1,000  feet 
between  a shield  and  the  bulkhead  nearest  to  it.  They  shall  be  of  concrete 
or  of  brick  set  in  Portland  cement  mortar.  Each  bulkhead  shall  be  provided 
with  two  air  locks  near  the  bottom  at  least  C feet  in  diameter  and  20  feet 
long  for  the  passage  of  men  and  materials,  one  near  the  roof  as  an  emergency 
lock  for  the  passage  of  men  only  and  a pipe  lock  12  inches  in  diameter 
and  31  feet  long  with  a gate  valve  at  each  end  for  passing  pipes  and  rails. 
The  emergency  lock  shall  be  of  ample  dimensions  to  contain  the  entire  force 
employed  at  any  time  at  the  heading.  Stairways  and  gallei'ies  extending  the 
full  length  of  the  forward  air  chamber  shall  always  be  maintained  to  give 
convenient  access  thereto  and  for  the  purposes  of  setting  out  lines  and  inspec- 
tion. All  parts  of  bulkheads  and  air  locks  must  be  of  sufficient  strength  to 
sustain  safely  a pressure  of  55  pounds  per  square  inch. 

225.  The  pipes  necessary  for  air  supply,  ventilation,  hydraulic  and  electric 
transmission  and  other  purposes  shall  be  built  into  the  bulkheads  and  pro- 
vided with  suitable  connections.  All  pipes  shall  be  standard  lap-welded. 

22G.  W^hen  a shield  has  been  driven  500  feet  or  more  from  the  shield 
chamber,  at  least  two  bulkheads  shall  always  be  in  use.  No  bulkheads  shall 
be  removed  until  a third  one  has  been  built  and  put  in  operation. 

227.  A safety  screen  extending  from  the  roof  downward  into  the  tunnel,  of 
design  approved  by  the  Engineer  shall  be  maintained  within  100  feet  of  each 
working  face  and  others  shall  be  built  at  intermediate  points  between  the 
working  face  and  the  nearest  bulkhead  if  necessary  to  maintain  a chamber 
filled  with  compressed  air  along  the  tunnel  roof  and  give  access  to  the  emer- 
gency lock. 

228.  The  shields  must  be  of  ample  strength  and  of  the  best  materials, 
must  be  provided  with  hydraulic  rams  of  sufficient  power  to  move  them  with 


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Tunnels  Driven  With  {continued.) 

facility  along  the  alignment  laid  down  on  the  plans  and  profiles  and  must 
have  adequate  arrangements  for  the  rapid  execution  of  the  work  and  for  the 
safety  of  the  men  employed  therein.  The  Contractor  will  be  required  to 
make  use  of  the  most  effective  devices  in  the  construction  and  operation  of 
the  shields. 

229.  Detailed  plans  and  specifications  of  the  shields,  hydraulic  presses,  drawings  of  shields, 
fittings  and  other  appliances  must  be  submitted  to  the  Engineer  before  begin- 
ning their  construction,  modified  or  amended  if  required  by  him,  and  then 

built  under  the  inspection  of  the  Engineer  in  exact  accordance  with  the  plans 
in  every  respect.  Such  submission  of  plans  to  the  Engineer  shall  in  no  way 
affect  the  sole  responsibility  of  the  Contractor  for  their  adequacy  for  the  pur- 
pose intended. 

230.  The  shields  are  to  be  erected  in  enlarged  sections  of  the  tunnels 
(shield  chambers)  lined  with  cast  iron.  The  enlarged  sections  shown  on  the 
Contract  Drawings  are  of  the  least  dimensions  that  will  be  permitted;  if  the 
Contractor  should  prefer,  he  will  be  allowed  to  increase  the  size  of  these 
chambers,  provided  that  he  does  not  encroach  on  private  property  and  that 
the  modified  design  is  satisfactory  to  the  Engineer  and  that  the  Contractor  is 

not  to  be  paid  a greater  amount  per  lineal  foot  than  for  the  enlarged  sections  Payment. 

shown  on  the  Contract  Drawings  and  stated  in  the  schedule  of  prices.  The 

bulkheads  or  stopwalls  closing  the  spaces  between  the  enlarged  sections 

and  ordinary  tunnel  sections  shall  be  formed  either  with  special  castings 

or  with  brick  or  concrete  masonry  as  the  Engineer  may  require.  Before  starting  of  sMeids. 

moving  the  shield  forward  after  erecting  it,  the  standard  cast  iron  lining  shall 

be  built  up  temporarily  within  the  enlarged  section  and  within  the  tail  of 

the  shield  to  perfect  shape,  alignment  and  grade  to  start  the  permanent  lining 

from  and  to  form  a thrust  bearing  for  the  shield.  After  moving  the  shield 

out  of  the  enlarged  section,  all  of  the  cast  iron  linings  thus  temporarily 

placed  shall  be  removed  and  the  section  filled  in  to  the  normal  cross  section 

as  required  by  Contract  Drawing  No.  1029. 

231.  The  shield  must  be  driven  and  the  tunnel  built  on  the  alignment  and  Accuracy  required  in 

” driving  shield. 

grade  required  by  the  plan;  any  work  not  so  built  must  be  removed  and 
replaced  by  the  Contractor  and  he  shall  be  entitled  to  no  extra  compensation 
therefor. 

232.  General  information  regarding  the  Fowler  Warehouse  adjoining  Piers  Tunneia^nder the 
B.  and  C.,  Erie  R.  R.  Yard,  Weehawken,  under  which  the  iron-lined  tunnels 

driven  with  shields  are  to  pass,  will  be  given  by  the  Engineer. 

233.  When  material  is  met  requiring  blasting,  it  shall  be  done  with  small  Blasting  ahead  of 
charges.  When  the  excavation  is  wholly  or  partly  in  rock,  enough  shall  be  * 


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Shield  in  rock. 

Tunnels  Driven  With  Shiews— {continued.) 

removed  to  permit  the  forward  movement  of  the  shield  on  the  established  line 
and  grade  without  coming  into  contact  with  the  rock.  The  invert  shall  be 

Cradle  for  shield. 

leveled  up  with  concrete  formed  to  the  exact  grade  of  the  required  excavation 
and  the  exact  form  of  shield,  to  serve  as  a cradle  therefor.  If  the  Engineer 
considers  it  necessary,  steel  rails  or  plates  shall  be  laid  to  slide  the  shield 
upon.  The  cost  of  the  concrete  and  steel  rails  or  plates  is  to  be  included  in 
the  price  for  excavation. 

Support  of  soft  ground.  234:.  The  Coiiti’actor  sliall  at  all  times  securely  and  efficiently  support  soft 


Explosives. 

ground  ahead  of  shield  and  overlying  rock,  and  on  no  account  shall  any  ground 
be  allowed  to  fall,  move  or  flow  loosely  towards  the  shield. 

235.  The  explosives  used  must  be  of  such  composition  as  to  give  off  the 
least  possible  quantity  of  injurious  fumes. 

Cleaning  castings. 

236.  The  machined  surfaces  of  castings  shall  be  thoroughly  cleaned  and  any 
abrasions  of  the  pitch  covering  made  good  immediately  before  erecting  the 
segments  in  the  tunnel. 

Beplacing  imperfect 
castings. 

237.  If  at  any  time  any  castings  become  broken  or  are  found  defective, 
they  shall  be  taken  out  and  replaced  by  sound  ones. 

Breaking  joints. 

238.  The  successive  rings  shall  break  joints  at  least  18  inches. 

Thrust  from  shield. 

239.  In  driving  the  shield,  no  pressure  shall  be  brought  on  the  circumferen- 
tial flanges  of  the  lining  segments. 

Caulking  joints  of 
lining. 

210.  The  caulking  recesses  between  the  flanges  of  the  cast  iron  or  cast  steel 
linings  shall  be  scraped  out,  cleaned  and  washed  with  a jet  of  water  under  a 
pressure  of  at  least  50  pounds  per  square  inch,  and  then  caulked  with  a cement 

Bust  mixture. 

of  iron  borings  and  sal-ammoniac  mixed  in  proportions  of  400  of  the  former 
to  1 of  the  latter,  by  weight.  The  joints  shall  be  made  absolutely  water-tight. 

Bolts,  washers,  fillets 
and  grummets. 

241.  Bolts  and  nuts  for  the  joints  of  the  cast  iron  or  cast  steel  lining  shall 
be  of  soft  steel,  forged  from  the  solid,  without  welding  and  the  bolts  shall  project 
at  least  3/8  inch  outside  the  nut  when  screwed  up  in  place  in  tunnel.  Heads 
and  shanks  must  be  correctly  formed,  smooth  and  free  from  fins.  Heads  must 
be  square  with  the  bolts.  Screw  threads  shall  be  U.  S.  Standard  and  rolled  or 

Specifications  of  bolts,  prossod  to  f ull  threads.  Bolts  shall  be  capable  of  bending  when  cold  180  degrees 


Bolts  water-tight. 

flat  on  themselves  without  crack  or  fl:iwL  Each  bolt  shall  have  a close  fitting 
wrought  iron  washer  under  the  head  and  nut,  and  grummets  approved  by  the 
Engineer  under  the  washers.  When  the  bolts  are  firmly  screwed  up  the  bolt 
holes  must  be  alsolutely  water-tight. 

Change  in  method  of 
making  joints. 

242.  The  Engineer  will  have  the  right  to  make  any  change  in  the  method 
of  obtaining  a water-tight  joint  which  experience  may  suggest  and  the  Con- 
tractor shall  carry  it  out. 

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Tunnels  Driven  With  Shields— (cowh'wwecZ.) 

243.  The  Engineer  may  require  the  Contractor  to  supply  cast  steel  tunnel  HnfDgs^whMe^not 
linings,  where  not  herein  specified,  in  lieu  of  cast  iron.  The  cast  steel  lining 

is  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1007, 1008.  Payment  for  cast  steel  lining 
will  be  made  at  the  rates  named  in  the  schedules  and  deductions  will  be  made 
at  schedule  rates  for  the  cast  iron  tunnel  lining  displaced  by  it. 

244.  In  each  tubular  tunnel  at  or  near  the  intersection  of  grade  and  rock  sMing rings, 
line,  the  Contractor  shall  substitute  for  an  iron  ring  of  tunnel  lining  a ring 
within  a ring  each  of  mild  steel,  forming  a sliding  sleeve  to  permit  of  any  length- 
ening or  distortion  that  may  tend  to  occur  there,  owing  to  the  difference  of 

the  ground  as  bearing  material.  This  sliding  tunnel  ring  shall  be  made  and 
erected  in  accordance  with  Contract  Drawing  No.  1016  or  any  modification 
thereof  the  Engineer  may  think  best  to  adopt.  It  shall  he  kept  watertight 
during  the  progress  of  the  work  and  the  subsequent  period  of  maintenance 
provided  for  in  the  contract  by  means  satisfactory  to  the  Engineer.  Sliding 
rings  will  be  paid  for  at  rates  named,  in  the  schedules,  and  deductions  made  at 
schedule  rates  for  the  cast  iron  tunnel  lining  displaced  by  them. 

245.  In  placing  the  segments  of  tunnel  lining,  the  cast  steel  bore  segments  Ka^ngMststeei  bore 
at  the  bottom  through  which  the  screw  pile  will  pass,  shall  be  placed  first,  and 

in  perfect  alignment  and  shape  and  will  be  held  in  proper  relative  position  by 
steel  dowels,  fitting  accurately  in  drilled  holes  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawing 
No.  1014.  Any  modifications  of  these  castings  accessory  to  placing  them  in 
true  alignment  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Engineer  and  without 
extra  cost  to  the  Company. 

246.  Cast  iron  plugs  formed  in  two  pieces  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawing  cast  iron  plugs. 

No.  1017,  must  be  furnished  by  the  Contractor  to  temporarily  fill  the  holes  in 

the  cast  steel  bore  segments  through  which  the  screw  pile  will  be  driven  subse- 
quently. These  plugs  will  be  considered  a part  of  the  Contractor’s  plant.  Each  rings  are  Contractor’s 
plug  must  be  carefully  placed  and  wedged  up  to  transmit  thrust  uniformly  ^**‘“*' 
around  the  tunnel  lining.  It  will  not  be  removed  until  immediately  before  the 
screw  pile  is  to  be  placed. 

247.  The  screw  piles  are  to  be  driven  or  screwed  down  through  the  bottom  Driving  screw  piles, 
of  the  tunnel  lining  in  correct  position  and  at  such  times  and  places  as  the  En- 
gineer thinks  best  in  the  interest  of  the  work.  They  shall  be  driven  to  such 

depths  as  specified  from  time  to  time  by  the  Engineer  who  may  require  them  screw  piles  to  bed 
to  be  driven  to  bed  rock. 

248.  While  the  screw  piles  are  being  driven,  they  shall  be  loaded  by  hy-  Loading  screw  piles 
draulic  pressure  or  otherwise,  in  such  manner  and  to  such  extent  as 

Engineer  may  require. 

249.  Each  screw  pile  after  driving  shall  be  submitted  to  a test  load  to  the  Testing  screw  piles, 
satisfaction  of  the  Engineer  by  hydraulic  pressure  or  otherwise,  previous  to 
acceptance. 


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Short  screw  piles. 


Bedding  piles  on  rock. 


Payment. 


Borings  at  screw  piles. 


Payment  for  borings. 


Top  section  of  screw 
piles  to  be  withdrawn 
and  special  sections 
furnished. 


Delivery  of  special 
sections. 


Screw  pile  sleeves. 


Collar  of  sleeve. 


Temporary  cast  iron 
collars. 


Dowels. 

Watertight  at  head  of 
screw  pile. 

“Filler*'  casting. 


Tunnels  Driven  With  Shields — {continued.) 

250.  Where  screw  piles  are  driven  to  a comparatively  shallow  depth,  the 
Eiifiineer  may  require  the  Contractor  to  drive  a sleeve,  of  somewhat  similar 
design  to  the  screw  pile  sleeve  elsewheredescrihed,  down  to  the  bed  rock;  the  rock 
shall  then  be  dressed  ofif  to  give  a solid  and  uniform  bearing  for  the  screw  pile,  and 
in  such  case,  tlie  Engineer  may  adopt  piles  without  screw  points.  The  mate- 
rial will  be  excavated  from  inside  the  sleeve  and  the  screw  pile  shaft  put  down  to 
the  required  solid  foundation  on  rock  and  filled  solidly  with  concrete.  In  such 
cases  the  screw  piles  will  be  paid  for  at  the  rates  for  the  various  materials  in 
jilace  and  the  price  for  bedding  same  on  rock  as  per  schedule  in  contract. 

251.  Should  the  Engineer  wish  to  ascertain  the  nature  of  the  ground  in 
which  a screw  pile  has  come  to  rest  or  is  being  driven  through,  the  Contractor 
shall  put  down  a boring  tube  and  obtain  dry  samples  of  the  ground  and  if 
necessary  blast  away  any  boulder  that  may  be  obstructing  the  downward 
jirogress  of  the  screw  pile.  The  Contractor  shall  furnish  all  tackle,  power  and 
labor  necessary  for  making  the  borings.  For  this  work  he  will  be  paid  the  net 
cost  of  labor  plus  15  per  cent. 

252.  As  the  lengths  of  screw  piles  cannot  be  definitely  predetei  mined  it  wnll 
be  necessary  to  withdraw  the  top  section  of  all  screw  piles  and  fix  in  its  place 
a special  section  of  the  proper  length. 

255.  The  Contractor  must  provide  for  the  delivery  of  these  special  sections 
within  three  days  from  the  date  of  order,  which  will  be  issued  as  soon  as  the 
exact  length  required  is  determined. 

254.  To  enable  the  top  section  of  a screw'  pile  to  be  withdrawn  and  the 
special  one  substituted  a thin  steel  sleeve  will  encase  the  screw  pile  at  the 
top  to  a depth  sufficient  to  form  a bulkhead  to  retain  the  ground  during  the 
o])eration.  The  collar  or  upper  portion  of  the  sleeve  which  is  thicker  will  be 
turned  to  fit  within  the  bore  of  the  cast  steel  segments.  Previous  to  the  set- 
ting of  the  sleeve,  a temporary  cast  iron  collar  will  be  furnished  by  the  Con- 
ti’actor  as  part  of  his  plant  and  will  serve  to  guide  the  screw  pile  and  maintain 
it  centrally  so  that  the  sleeve  collar  may  be  easily  placed  in  position  when  the 
screw  pile  is  driven  to  a sufficient  depth  to  permit  it. 

255.  The  dowels  of  rolled  steel  for  connecting  screw'  pile  sections  are  to  be 
neatly  and  accurately  cut  square  and  clean  and  turned  to  the  exact  diameters 
required. 

256.  The  head  of  screw  pile  at  junction  with  cast  iron  tunnel  lining  is  to 
he  made  thoroughly  watertight  and  the  slot  between  tunnel  segments  for 
passage  of  screw  blade  is  to  be  stopped  with  an  iron  “ filler”  casting  and  made 
watertight  by  rust  jointing. 

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Tunnels  Driven  With  Shields — (continued.) 

257.  It  is  assumed  that  the  ground  will  rise  within  the  screw  piles  to  about  concrete  within  screw 
the  heads  of  same.  This  ground  shall  he  removed  in  every  case  to  a depth 

within  the  screw  pile  of  12  feet  and  the  screw  pile  filled  with  concrete  up  to 
the  underside  of  the  steel  diaphragm  plate.  A wrought  iron  pipe  2 inches  in 
diameter  for  grouting  shall  be  built  in  the  centre  of  the  concrete  column,  ex- 
tending vertically  through  it.  The  steel  diaphragm  plate  shall  he  bolted  down  Grouting  in  screw  pue. 
and  through  the  grouting  hole  in  same  and  2 inch  pipe,  cement  grout  shall 
be  injected  under  a pressure  of  at  least  100  lbs.  to  the  square  inch.  Should 
the  Engineer  consider  it  necessary  to  excavate  the  ground  from  within  the  Excavation  within 

- 1.1  screw  pile  and  payment 

screw  pile  to  a greater  depth  than  12  feet  and  replace  it  with  concrete  the  for. 
same  shall  be  done  and  payment  made  therefor  at  Schedule  rates. 

258.  The  work  of  sinking  the  screw  piles  shall  be  done  in  compressed  air.  Driving  of  screw  piles 

^ ^ ^ ^ in  compressed  air, 

and  as  it  probably  cannot  be  done  simultaneously  with  the  driving  of  the  tun- 
nels with  advantage  to  the  progress  of  the  work  as  a whole,  the  bulkheads  in  B“'’iiieads  to  remain, 
each  tunnel  shall  be  left  intact,  lemoving  only  and  temporarily  the  drumheads 
or  doors  of  locks,  until  compressed  air  between  either  of  the  bulkheads  for  the 
above  mentioned  purpose  is  again  installed. 


259.  In  measuring  the  screw  piles  for  payment  the  length  shall  be  taken  Measurement  of  screw 


from  the  extreme  point  of  the  screw  pile  to  the  top  of  the  diaphragm  plate. 


piles  for  payment. 


2G0.  The  Schedule  prices  of  screw  piles  placed  in  the  permanent  work  ^ice  to  include  bolts, 
are  to  include  all  bolts  and  dowels,  also  the  steel  sleeves,  diaphragms,  packing 
rings,  as  well  as  the  disposal  without  further  cost  to  the  Company  of  any  ma- 
terials displaced  by  the  screw  pile  which  may  come  into  the  tunnel. 


261.  During  the  process  of  screw  pile  driving  the  tunnel  lining  shall  be  dili-  boit”tLer“o“nrb‘l 
gently  attended  to,  maintaining  the  bolts  of  the  tunnel  lining  at  all  times  ^neddvin‘^g“"°® 
tight,  and  any  bolts  or  bolt  holes  used  temporarily  for  screw  pile  driving 
purposes  shall  immediately  on  the  completion  of  such  use  be  restored  to  proper 
condition. 

262.  The  concrete  troughs  surrounding  the  heads  of  screw  piles  shall  be  concrete  troughs, 
formed  with  sloped  and  ragged  sides  to  make  a bond  for  additional  concrete,  in 
conformity  vvith  the  dimensions  shown  on  Contract  Drawing  No.  lOOi. 


263.  The  screw  pile  driving  machinery  and  accompanying  tackle  shall  be  p*’® 
of  the  best  materials  and  workmanship  and  of  ample  strength,  and  adequately 
arranged  for  the  rapid  placing  of  the  screw  piles.  Detail  plans  and  specifica- 
tions of  this  plant  must  be  submitted  for  the  approval  of  the  Engineer  before 
the  plant  is  made  and  the  construction  of  same  shall  be  subject  to  his  inspec- 
tion; such  approval  by  the  Engineer  shall  in  no  way  affect  the  sole  responsi- 
bility of  the  Contractor  for  the  adequacy  of  the  plant  for  the  purpose  intended. 


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Payment  for  screw 
piles. 


Grouting  outside 
lining. 


Pressure  for  grouting. 


Paymeut  for 
grout. 


Engineer  may  omit 
grouting  if 
unnecessary. 


Placing  concrete 
lining,  conduits,  etc. 
in  compressed  air. 


Payment  for. 


Cleaning  cast  iron 
linings. 


Drainage. 


Manholes  in  cast  iron 
lining. 


Tunnels  Driven  With  Shields — {continued.) 

264.  Screw  piles  will  be  paid  for  per  screw  piles  of  fixed  lengths  with  deductions 
from  or  additions  to  same  per  lineal  foot  of  screw  pile  as  stated  in  schedules. 

265.  Each  segment  of  the  tunnel  lining  shall  have  a hole  near  the  center 
for  grouting,  which  hole  shall  be  closed  by  a screw  plug.  As  soon  as  the  En- 
gineer considers  it  practicable  after  a ring  of  tunnel  lining  has  been  placed  and  the 
shield  advanced  beyond  it,  the  hole  shall  be  opened  and  grout  shall  be  forced  into 
the  surrounding  materials  by  means  of  a suitable  machine  which  will  mix  the 
grout  continuously  and  permit  the  application  of  a pressure  of  60  pounds  per 
square  inch  in  excess  of  the  external  water  pressure.  Sufficient  grout  shall 
be  used  to  fill  all  voids  outside  the  cast  iron  lining  and  to  form  a shell  having 
an  average  thickness  of  3 inches.  Where  the  tunnel  is  driven  wholly  or 
partly  in  rock,  the  grout  shall  fill  all  voids  between  the  cast  iron  lining  and 
undisturbed  rock  or  concrete  trough,  whatever  their  extent  may  be.  When 
the  grouting  is  completed,  the  plugs  shall  be  replaced  and  screwed  up  tight. 
Plugs  will  be  paid  for  as  part  of  the  tunnel  lining.  Payment  for  grouting  will 
be  on  the  basis  of  cement  used  at  the  rates  named  in  the  schedules  in  the  con- 
tract, these  rates  including  sand,  labor,  plant  and  all  other  things  required  for 
the  completing  of  the  grouting  and  being  in  full  payment  therefor. 

266.  Tlie  Engineer  may  omit  the  grouting  wherever  he  considers  it  unnec- 
essary, and  in  such  case  the  contract  price  for  completed  tunnel  will  be  reduced 
by  the  amount  stipulated  in  the  schedules  for  grouting. 

267.  It  is  expected  that  the  concrete  lining  wdth  the  conduits  for  electric 
wires,  etc.,  will  be  placed  after  the  removal  of  air  pressure,  but  if  the  Engineer 
considers  it  necessary  in  any  case,  the  Contractor  shall  place  it  in  compressed 
air  as  the  driving  of  the  tunnel  proceeds  and  as  near  the  working  face  as  the 
Engineer  may  require.  For  such  work  the  Contractor  will  be  paid  the  price 
named  in  the  schedule  for  concrete  laid  in  compressed  air  and  within  the  cast 
iron  lining  of  tunnels  driven  with  shields,  and  such  unit  price  for  concrete  shall 
also  include  the  cost  of  placing  electric  conduits,  ladders  and  all  other  things 
built  into  the  concrete,  for  which  no  other  payment  will  be  made.  Immediately 
before  placing  concrete  the  exposed  faces  of  the  cast  iron  tunnel  lining  shall 
be  cleaned  from  mud  and  dirt. 

268.  Where  screw  piles  are  used  the  bottom  concrete  formation  of  the 
tunnel  is  to  be  sloped  so  as  to  lead  to  the  screw  pile  troughs  in  the  concrete.  The 
cast  iron  drains  are  to  be  laid  with  a true  uniform  fall  towards  the  lowest  point 
of  tunnel  grade  and  in  single  lengths  between  the  screw  pile  troughs. 

269.  In  the  cast  iron  lined  tunnels  under  the  River,  the  Contractor  shall 
place  in  each  tunnel  4 sets  of  cast  steel  manhole  segments  with  cast 
iron  plugs  suitable  for  withdrawal,  in  positions  to  be  pointed  out  by  the 
Engineer.  The  Schedule  price  for  these  cast  steel  segments  is  included  in  the 
price  for  cast  steel  lining  in  Schedule.s  of  contract  and  the  price  of  the  cast 


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Tunnels  Driven  With  Shields— (con fenztec?.) 

iron  lining  displaced  by  same  will  be  deducted.  The  cast  iron  plugs  filling 
these  manholes  will  be  similarly  paid  for  as  ordinary  cast  iron  lining  of  tun- 
nels. For  details  of  manhole  segments  see  Contract  Drawing  No.  1018. 

270.  Whenever  required  by  the  Engineer,  the  Contractor  shall  remove  the  removfngalr'^prMsun 
air  pressure  in  order  to  test  the  strength  of  the  work;  and  if  any  weakness 

or  break  results,  the  Contractor  shall  make  it  good  at  his  own  expense  and 
in  such  manner  as  the  Engineer  may  direct. 

271.  The  Contractor  shall  provide,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Engineer,  Lighting, etc. 
electric  lighting  for  all  parts  of  the  work  and  plant,  including  lights  for  the 
Resident  Engineers’  office  near  the  shaft  and  such  special  lights  or  groups  of 

lights  as  the  Engineer  may  require  in  connection  with  surveys;  telephone  Telephones. 

communication  from  each  heading  and  lock  to  the  power  house  and  office  of 

the  Resident  Engineers  near  the  shaft;  an  8|  inch  air  pressure  gauge  at  each 

lock  bulkhead  and  on  the  8 inch  foul  air  vent  pipe  at  each  shield ; a recording  air 

pressure  gauge  on  each  main  between  receiver  and  shaft  to  be  locked  and  the 

key  kept  by  the  Engineer;  elevators  for  lowering  men  and  materials  into  and  Elevators. 

lifting  them  out  of  the  shaft;  suitable  quarters  near  the  shaft  where  the  men  Quarters  for  men. 

can  change  their  clothing,  bathe  and  be  warmed  on  coming  out  of  compressed 

air;  a compressed  air  hospital  lock  at  the  shaft  at  least  6 feet  in  diameter  with  Hospital  lock. 

two  chambers  where  men  can  be  subjected  to  the  regular  working  pressure  if 

attacked  by  caisson  disease;  suitable  sanitary  conveniences  wherever  the  En- sanitary  appliances. 

gineer  may  require  and  competent  medical  attendance  for  the  working  force. 

The  quarters  for  the  use  of  men  employed  in  compressed  air  shall  be  provided 
with  hot  and  cold  water,  facilities  for  bathing,  drying  clothing,  hot  coffee  at  Hot  and  coid  water, 
all  times,  and  shall  be  continuously  under  the  care  of  attendants  specially  em- 
ployed for  the  purpose.  The  physicians  shall  have  an  office  at  the  shaft  as  Pi'ysicians. 
near  the  men’s  quarters  as  practicable,  fully  supplied  with  medical  stores,  and 
at  least  one  physician  with  necessary  staff  shall  always  be  present.  The 
medical  appointments  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Engineer. 

272.  The  Contractor  shall  employ  no  person  in  compressed  air  unless  such  Examination  by 

^ ^ ^ physicians. 

person  has  passed  an  examination  by  a duly  qualified  physician  in  regard  to 
fitness  for  such  work. 

273.  The  Contractor  shall  supply  steam  for  heating  the  quarters  of  the  En- 
gineers  near  the  shaft,  compressed  air  for  operating  the  Engineers’  hospital 
locks,  and  hot  and  cold  water  as  required  by  the  Engineer, 

27i.  The  Contractor  shall  install  and  maintain  electrical  or  other  mechan- Mechanical  haulage, 
ical  haulage  for  the  conveyance  of  spoil  and  construction  material  between  the 
headings  and  shaft,  or  for  the  operation  of  other  machinery  in  tunnels,  the 
system  being  such  as  to  emit  no  noxious  gases.  The  use  of  horses  or  mules  in  Horses  not  allowed, 
compressed  air  will  not  be  permitted. 


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Records  to  be  kept  by 
Contractor  and  fur- 
nished to  Eugineer. 


Continuous  recorders. 


Clay  blanket  on  bed  of 
river. 


Payments  and 
measurements  for 
progress  estimates. 


Method  of  measure- 
ment of  excavation. 


Masonry  and  rock 
packing. 


Neat  Lines — 
definition  of. 


If  thickness  of  masonry 
is  increased. 


Tunnels  Driven  With  Shields— (cowfmtted) 

275.  The  Contractor  shall  keep  a continuous  record  of  revolutions  of  each 
compressor,  pressures  in  air  receivers,  pressures  in  hydraulic  machinery  and 
movement  of  each  shield,  and  shall  furnish  the  Engineer  each  day  a copy 
thereof.  The  revolutions  of  compiessors  shall  be  registered  by  revolution 
counters.  The  pressures  in  air  receivers  shall  be  registered  continuously. 

276.  If  in  the  opinion  of  the  Contractor  it  becomes  advisable,  he  may  at 
his  own  expense  deposit  on  the  bed  of  the  river  or  in  a channel  or  channels 
excavated  therein,  blankets  or  masses  of  clay  to  reduce  leakage  of  air  from 
the  tunnels;  but  no  such  measure  shall  be  taken  without  the  previous  con- 
sent of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  if  taken  shall  be  subject  to  such  restrictions 
and  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  impose. 

277.  Payment  for  completed  sections  of  tunnel  will  be  made  on  progress  and 
final  estimates  at  the  rates  named  in  the  contract.  Payment  will  also 
be  made  on  progress  estimates  for  tunnel  driven,  lined  with  cast  iron  and 
grouted  but  not  lined  with  concrete,  at  the  prices  named  in  the  Schedules  of 
Unit  Prices;  such  partial  payment  shall  in  no  way  relieve  the  Contractor  from 
his  obligation  under  the  contract  to  complete  and  maintain  the  work;  the 
amounts  of  excavation  are  calculated  by  multiplying  the  area  of  the  cross- 
section  of  the  tunnel  within  the  exterior  surface  of  the  cast  iron  lining  as 
shown  on  the  Contract  Drawings  by  the  length  of  the  lining.  No  excavation 
in  advance  of  the  completed  lining  will  be  estimated,  nor  will  any  payment 
be  made  for  materials  brought  into  the  tunnel  from  outside  of  the  cast  iron 
lining. 

Tunnels  Driven  Without  Shields. 

278.  Where  tunnels  are  built  of  concrete  masonry  or  steel  and  concrete, 
the  concrete  shall  be  built  solidly  against  the  rock,  and  where  brick  masonry 
is  used  in  arches  a minimum  thickness  of  four  inches  of  rock  packing  is  to  be 
built  outside  the  same  to  insure  drainage  of  water  where  shown  on  plans  and 
where  the  Engineer  may  deem  it  necessary. 

279.  In  all  cases  the  minimum  thickness  of  masonry  lining  or  combined 
masonry  lining  and  rock  packing  will  be  defined  by  the  Neat  Lines  shown  on 
Contract  Drawings,  and  will  be  increased  wherever  the  Engineer  may  deem 
it  necessary.  Such  an  increase  in  thickness  will  cause  a corresponding  dis- 
placement outward  of  the  neat  lines  which  in  every  case  define  the  minimum 
thickness  of  masonry  or  combined  masonry  and  rock  packing  required. 

280.  Excavation  outside  of  the  neat  line  must  be  avoided  as  far  as  practi- 
cable and  in  rock  sections  loose  or  shattered  rock  must  be  removed  and  replaced 
by  masonry  or  by  rock  packing,  as  the  Engineer  may  require.  In  earth  sec- 


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Tunnels  Driven  Without  {continued.) 

tions  the  excavation  must  be  large  enough  to  permit  building  masonry  to  the 

full  required  thickness  clear  of  any  timber  which  it  may  be  necessary  to  build 

in,  and  all  voids  between  excavation  or  timbering  and  masonry  are  to  be 

filled  in  with  concrete  and  grouted  up  tight;  the  grouting  will  be  paid  for 

per  barrel  of  cement  used.  As  a fair  provision  for  such  contingencies,  dea“u1itiou^oc 

it  is  assumed,  except  in  cases  otherwise  specially  provided  for  herein,  that  the 

excavation  and  therefore  the  concrete  and  rock  packing  will  extend  outside 

the  neat  lines  to  an  average  line  designated  Standard  Section  Line  on  the 

Contract  Drawings  and  it  is  understood  that  the  prices  for  excavation,  concrete 

and  rock  packing  outside  neat  lines  per  lineal  foot  of  tunnels  in  the  schedule 

are  based  on  measurement  of  same  as  defined  by  the  standard  section  lines 

previously  referred  to.  No  allowance  will  be  made  to  the  Contractor  for  of°8“tanTai“d*ectioi‘*® 

excavation  removed  and  replaced  by  concrete  or  I'ock  packing  outside  of  the 

standard  section  line,  nor  will  any  deduction  be  made  from  either  by  reason  of 

any  material  he  may  not  excavate  between  neat  and  standard  section  lines. 

Where  an  increased  thickness  in  masonry  lining  is  required  by  the  Engineer,  if twckuess  of  masom-y 

as  above  provided,  a corresponding  displacement  of  the  standard  section  line 

will  be  understood  and  payment  will  be  made  for  the  increase  in  the  standard 

section  at  the  prices  named  in  the  Schedule  of  Unit  Prices  for  excavation, 

masonry,  concrete,  or  rock  packing.  The  standard  section  lines  above  referred 

to  will  extend  to  beyond  the  neat  lines  of  various  tunnel  sections  as  follows; 

281.  In  concrete  lined  tunnels  and  tunnels  with  brick  arches  with  and 
without  rock  packing  the  standard  section  lines  will  extend  an  average 
distance  of  one  foot  outside  the  neat  lines  on  the  roof  and  sides  and  six 
inches  outside  the  neat  lines  in  the  floor  or  invert,  as  per  Contract  Draw- 
ings Nos.  1028,  1029,  1033,  1031,  1030,  1037,  1019,  1050,  1051,  1059. 

282.  Timbering  shall  be  used  wherever  necessary  to  support  the  materials  'Umbering, 
or  to  secure  the  safety  of  the  work  or  workmen.  This  will  be  at  the  sole  ex- 
pense of  the  Contractor  and  included  in  his  contract  price,  except  in  cases 
where  by  the  direction  of  the  Engineer  the  timber  is  built  into  the  work. 

283.  The  centering  for  arched  roofs  shall  be  of  steel  construction  and  of 
design  approved  by  the  Engineer,  and  it  shall  remain  in  place  as  long  as  he 
may  from  time  to  time  require. 

284.  The  Contractor  shall  provide  to  the  appi’oval  of  the  Engineer,  electric  Lighting, 
lighting  for  all  parts  of  the  work  and  plant,  including  lights  for  the  Resident 
Engineers’  offices  near  the  shaft  and  portal  and  such  special  lights  or  groups  of 
lights  as  the  Engineer  may  require  in  connection  with  surveys.  Telephone 
communication  shall  be  established  between  the  tunnels  and  the  offices  of  the 
Resident  Engineers.  The  Contractor  shall  install  and  operate  plant  for  the  Ventilation, 
purpose  of  efficiently  ventilating  the  tunnels  during  construction. 


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Drain  pipes. 


Advance  headings 
under  Bergen  Hill. 


Contractor  for  Section 
Gj  to  use  Bergen  Hill 
tunnel  ior  disposal  of 
spoil. 


Tunnel  by  cut  and 
cover. 


Weehawken  tunnel 
from  Weehawken  Shaft. 


Tunnels  Driven  Without  Shields — {continued.) 

285.  Drain  pipes  of  4 inches  inside  diameter  shall  be  built  into  the  con- 
crete at  intervals  of  not  more  than  50  feet  on  each  side  of  the  arch  and.  alter- 
nated as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings.  They  shall  discharge  into  the  snb-floor 
drains  and  where  shown  into  the  cast  iron  drain  inspection  hand-holes  built 
into  the  sub-floor  drains.  Tee  branches  opening  against  the  rock  face  in  re- 
cesses left  in  the  concrete  shall  he  inserted  wherever  necessary  to  drain  water 
bearing  fissures.  Where  the  rock  carries  much  water  the  distance  between 
drains  will  be  reduced  as  much  as  necessary  to  give  perfect  drainage  and  to 
relieve  the  masonry  lining  from  water  pressure. 

280.  The  Contractor  for  Section  K (the  Bergen  Hill  tunnels)  shall  commence 
immediately  a through  heading  10  feet  by  8 feet  in  cross  section  in  each  of  the 
tunnels  and  drive  them  through  with  all  possible  speed  from  both  ends.  As 
soon  as  the  headings  are  driven  through,  one  of  them  shall  be  cleaned  out  and 
turned  over  to  the  Contractor  for  Section  Cj  for  use  as  specified  in  paragraphs 
214  and  300.  While  one  is  being  used  for  this  purpose  the  other  tunnel  shall  be 
completed  with  its  internal  lining  of  concrete  and  brick  and  all  benches,  conduits, 
drains,  etc.,  and  cleaned  out;  after  which  the  Contractor  for  Section  Gj  will 
vacate  the  first  heading  and  use  the  completed  tunnel  for  the  disposal  of  spoil, 
while  the  Contractor  for  Section  K finishes  the  vacated  tunnel.  The  Con- 
tractor for  Section  Gj  will  keep  the  heading  and  tunnel  through  wdiich  he 
passes  his  spoil  free  from  spoil  that  may  be  dropped  therein. 

287.  In  the  construction  of  the  tunnels  in  the  west  face  of  Bergen  Hill 
and  adjoining  portals  the  Contractor,  should  he  consider  it  to  his  advantage, 
may  construct  such  lengths  of  the  tunnels  by  cut  and  cover  work,  subject  to 
the  approval  of  the  Engineer;  this  cut  and  cover  work  will  be  paid  for  at  the 
rates  quoted  in  the  Schedule  for  Bergen  Hill  tunnels  irrespective  of  methods  of 
construction. 

288.  As  soon  as  the  two-thirds’  portion  of  the  Weehawken  Shaft  at  grade 
level  is  handed  over  to  the  Contractor  for  Section  Gj,  he  shall  commence  the 
driving  of  tunnels  eastward  from  shaft  for  distances  of  about  214  and  250  feet, 
or  less  distances  if  the  rock  proves  too  unsound  to  permit  driving  tunnels  with- 
out compressed  air.  They  shall  terminate  in  enlarged  sections  (shield  chambers) 
to  permit  the  erection  of  shields,  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawdngs  Nos.  1028, 
1029,  1030,  1031,  1032. 


Cast  Iron  Lined  Tunnels  Driven  Without  Shields. 

289.  Cast  iron  tunnel  lining  shall  be  provided  in  tunnels  driven  without 
shields  in  places  where  the  Engineer  may  consider  it  necessary,  see  Contract 
Drawing  No.  1005. 


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Cast  Iron  Lined  Tunnels  Driven  Without  Shields — {continued.) 

290.  Excavation  in  excess  of  that  required  to  place  the  tunnel  lining  Excavation, 
must  he  avoided  as  far  as  practicable,  but  in  rock  all  loose  or  shattered  rock 

must  be  removed.  Where  the  excavation  is  in  earth  or  other  materials,  the 
excavation  must  be  large  enough  to  permit  placing  the  cast  iron  lining  clear 
of  such  timbering  as  it  may  be  necessary  to  build  in.  As  a fair  provision  for 
unavoidable  excavation  outside  of  the  lining,  payment  will  be  made  for  the 
removal  of  all  material  within  the  “ Standard  Section  Line.”  This  line  is  9 
inches  outside  of  the  exterior  surface  of  the  cast  iron  lining.  No  payment 
will  be  made  for  excavation  outside  of  this  line  nor  deduction  for  materials 
left  within  it,  provided  no  material  is  left  in  place  which  will  interfere  with 
placing  the  cast  iron  lining. 

291.  Timbering  shall  be  used  wherever  necessary  to  support  the  materials  Timbering, 
or  to  secure  the  safety  of  the  work  or  workmen.  Wherever  practicable,  it 

shall  be  removed  before  the  space  between  the  exterior  surface  of  the  tunnel 
lining  and  the  sides  of  the  excavation  is  filled  in. 

292.  The  space  between  the  tunnel  lining  and  the  excavated  surface  shall 
be  closely  packed  with  concrete.  Pipes  for  grouting  shall  be  inserted  in  the 
cast  iron  lining  and  concrete  wherever  the  Engineer  may  require  and  voids 

filled  by  grouting.  The  volutiie  of  concrete  will  be  calculated  between  cast  Measurement  of 
iron  lining  and  standard  section  line,  no  allowance  being  made  for  concrete 
required  to  fill  spaces  outside  of  the  standard  section  line,  or  deduction  from 
either  excavation  or  concrete  on  account  of  any  materials  not  excavated 
within  said  line.  Plugs  in  the  tunnel  lining  and  grout  will  be  paid  for  as  pro- 
vided  in  paragraph  265. 


Portals. 

293.  The  portals  in  Weehawken  Shaft  and  the  portals  on  the  w'est  face  of 
Bergen  Hill  shall  be  built  of  first-class  stone  masonry  with  granite  face  stone 
and  coping,  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1050  and  1058. 

291.  The  measurement  of  excavation  and  all  materials  foi-  the  portals  and 
the  approach  on  west  side  of  Bergen  Hill  is  determined  from  net  dimensions 
shown  on  the  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1027,  1058,  1059,  1060. 

Open  Approach  at  Hackensack  Portal. 

295.  The  approach  to  the  tunnel  portal  on  the  west  side  of  Bergen 
Hill  is  to  be  formed  in  every  respect  according  to  Contract  Drawings 
Nos.  1027,  1058,  1059,  1060.  The  rock  where  it  occurs  shall  be  neatly 


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Cast  iron  tunnels. 


Tunnels  driven 
without  shields. 


Waterproofing  sides. 


Waterproofing 

materials. 


Brick  roofs  of  tunnels 
driven  without  shields. 


Open  Approach  at  Hackensack  Vokya-l— {continued.) 

trimmed  and  the  earth  cuts  neatly  graded  to  the  required  slope.  For  measure- 
ment of  excavation  and  material  see  paragraph  294. 

Waterproofing. 

296.  In  tunnels  driven  with  shields,  the  cast  iron  shells  will  serve  as  water- 
proofing. 

297.  In  tunnels  driven  in  the  ordinary  manner  without  shields,  the  space 
between  the  sides  of  the  excavation  and  the  neat  line  shall  be  filled  with  con- 
crete behind  suitable  forms.  After  the  forms  are  removed  the  surface  of  the 
concrete  shall  be  given  a 1/2  inch  coat  of  mortar  containing  equal  parts,  by 
volume,  of  Portland  cement  and  sand  and  troweled  smooth.  After  the  mortar 
has  set  and  dried  out,  it  shall  be  covered  with  alternate  layers  of  coal-tar  pitch 
and  felt,  seven  layers  of  pitch  and  six  of  felt.  The  felt  shall  be  “hydrex” 
felt  manufactured  by  F.  W.  Bird  & Son  of  East  Walpole,  Mass.,  or  felt 
equally  satisfactory  to  the  Engineer.  The  pitch  shall  be  straight  run  coal 
tar  pitch  which  will  soften  at  60  deg.  F.,  and  melt  at  100  deg.  F.,  being  a 
grade  in  which  distillate  oils,  distilled  therefrom,  shall  have  a specific  gravity 
of  1.105.  The  pitch  shall  be  mopped  on  the  surface  of  the  concrete  to  a uni- 
form thickness  of  not  less  than  1/16  inch.  Immediately  on  this  coat  of  pitch 
and  while  it  is  still  melted,  there  shall  be  laid  a covering  of  felt  previously 
mopped  with  pitch  on  the  surface  to  be  applied,  the  sheets  to  lap  not  less  than 
4 inches  on  cross  joints  nor  less  than  12  inches  on  longitudinal  joints,  and  to 
be  made  to  adhere  firmly  to  the  pitch-covered  surface  of  the  concrete  every- 
where. This  felt  layer  shall  be  mopped  with  pitch  as  above  specified,  another 
layer  of  felt  mopped  with  pitch  and  then  added  and  the  process  continued  to 
the  full  number  of  layers  required.  This  waterproofing  shall  extend  from  the 
level  of  the  bottom  of  the  electric  ducts  to  15  degrees  above  the  spring  line  of 
the  roof  arch.  After  the  waterproofing  has  been  placed  the  remainder  of  the 
concrete  with  the  electric  ducts,  etc.,  shall  be  placed. 

298.  Where  roofs  of  tunnels  driven  in  the  ordinary  manner  without  shields 
are  of  bi’ick,  they  shall  be  plastered  with  a mastic  containing  coal  tar  and 
Portland  cement  in  such  proportions  as  the  Engineer  may  from  time  to  time 
require.  This  shall  be  applied  with  a trowel  in  a uniform  layer  1/2  inch  in 
thickness.  This  waterproof  coating  shall  then  be  covered  with  one  course  of 
brick  laid  on  flat  in  a bed  of  mortar  1/2  inch  thick,  containing  equal  parts  by 
volume  of  Portland  cement  and  sand,  and  the  joints  completely  filled  with 
mortar  of  the  same  composition.  The  junction  between  the  waterproofing 
in  the  roofs  and  sides  shall  be  formed  so  as  to  make  a continuous  waterproofing 
surface. 


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W ATERPROOFING— (conh'wMecZ. ) 

299.  Where  the  roofs  of  tunnels  are  of  concrete  built  solidly  against  the  bum 

rock,  the  waterproofing  of  the  roof  shall  consist  of  grout  injected  through  pipes 

built  into  the  concrete  at  such  intervals  as  the  Engineer  may  require. 

300.  Where  tunnels  are  built  by  the  cut  and  cover  method,  the  sides,  if  in 
rock  excavation,  shall  be  waterproofed  as  described  in  paragraph  297 ; if  in 
earth  excavation,  they  shall  be  waterproofed  as  herein  specified  for  roof.  The 

roofs  of  tunnels  shall  be  plastered  smooth  and  covered  with  coal  tar  and  felt  as  Tunnel  roofs, 
specified  for  sides  of  tunnels  in  paragraph  297.  The  waterproofing  shall  be 
covered  with  a 1 inch  layer  of  mortar,  containing  equal  parts,  by  volume,  of 
Portland  cement  and  sand.  The  mortar  shall  be  laid  on  in  areas  about  5 feet 
square  and  when  one  square  is  set,  the  adjacent  ones  shall  be  laid  tight  to  it, 
this  laying  out  in  squares  being  for  the  purpose  of  relieving  expansion  or  con- 
traction. A thorough  connection  shall  be  made  between  the  waterproofing  of 
the  top  and  sides. 

301.  The  waterproofing  of  retaining  walls  and  portals  shall  extend  from  Retaimngwaiu and 
the  base  of  the  wall  to  within  one  foot  of  the  top.  Where  the  walls  are  built 

against  the  face  of  rock  excavation,  the  waterproofing  shall  conform  to  the 
requirements  for  sides  of  tunnels  in  paragraph  297;  where  the  wall  is  not  built 
against  a rock  face,  the  waterproofing  shall  be  the  same  as  specified  for  tunnel 
roofs  in  paragraph  300. 

302.  No  waterproofing  will  be  used  in  the  floors  except  where  specially  noors  m tunnels, 
required  by  the  Engineer,  and  will  then  be  paid  for  at  the  rates  named  in  the 
Schedules  of  Unit  Prices. 

303.  W^aterproofing  and  the  protecting  mortar  coat  must  be  protected  from  proog'^ng “ 
injury  by  working  or  walking  thereon,  or  during  the  filling  of  rock  packing 

over  tunnel  roofs,  or  while  placing  back  filling  behind  retaining  walls. 

Disposal  of  Materials  to  be  Wasted. 

304-.  The  materials  to  be  wasted  from  the  Weehawken  Shaft  and  all  From  weehawken 
materials  wasted  from  the  tunnels  and  hoisted  from  this  shaft  previous  to  the 
completion  of  the  first  heading  through  Bergen  Hill  shall  be  delivered  on 
scows,  barges,  cars  or  cars  on  floats  furnished  by  the  Company  and  placed 
within  1500  feet  of  the  shaft. 

305.  The  materials  in  Section  K to  be  wasted  from  the  small  headings  From  west  end  of 

^ Bergen  Hill  headings. 

driven  under  Bergen  Hill  from  the  west  end  shall  be  delivered  by  the  Con- 
tractor in  the  Company’s  railroad  embankment  adjoining  the  work  as 
directed  or  into  cars  supplied  by  the  Company  at  a point  not  more  than  1000 
feet  west  of  Station  327  which  is  about  300  feet  west  of  tbe  portal  on  tbe  west 
side  of  Bergen  Hill. 


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From  Section  K 
and  Section  Gj. 


Company  may  require 
Contractor  to  dispose 
of  all  materials. 


Deposit  of  spoil  on 
work  forbidden. 


Right  of  Engineer  to 
enter  work. 


Admission  to  works. 


No  information  con- 
cerning work  to  be 
given. 


Facilities  for  inspec- 
tion. 


Defective  materials  to 
be  removed. 


Rejected  materials  to 
be  removed. 


Disposal  of  Materials  to  be  W {continued.) 

306.  After  the  completion  of  the  first  heading  under  Bergen  Hill  all 
materials  to  he  wasted  from  the  headings  of  Section  Gj  and  all  materials  to 
be  wasted  from  Section  K shall  he  delivered  by  the  Contractor,  as  described  in 
preceding  paragraph  and  subject  also  to  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  214  and 
286.  The  Contractor  for  Section  K shall  grade  the  approach  cut  in  his  contract 
to  its  full  width  to  permit  his  temporary  tracks  and  those  of  Contractor  for 
Section  Gj  to  be  laid  for  the  above  mentioned  purpose. 

307.  The  Company  may,  however,  require  the  Contractor  on  10  days’ 
notice  to  provide  for  the  complete  disposal  of  materials  to  be  wasted  and  pay- 
ment will  be  made  therefor  at  the  rate  named  in  paragraph  22h  of  the  contract. 

308.  No  spoil  or  other  wasted  material  shall  be  deposited  in  the  tunnels, 
shafts  or  elsewhere  on  the  Company’s  property  without  the  special  permission 
of  the  Engineer. 


Miscellaneous. 

309.  The  Engineer  and  his  representatives-  or  any  other  duly  authorized 
representative  of  the  Company  shall  at  all  times  have  the  right  to  enter  the 
premises  where  any  of  the  materials  are  being  prepared,  any  of  the  plant 
operated,  or  any  of  the  work  done. 

310.  No  person  shall  be  admitted  to  the  works  without  the  written  consent 
of  the  Engineer,  except  the  Contractor  and  his  employees,  the  Engineer  and 
his  representatives  and  duly  authorized  representatives  of  the  Company  and 
representatives  of  the  City  government  in  the  performance  of  their  duties. 

311.  No  information  relative  to  the  work  shall  be  given  by  the  Contractor 
or  any  of  his  employees  to  any  person  during  the  progress  of  the  work  unless 
authorized  by  the  Engineer. 

312.  The  Contractor  shall  furnish  to  tlie  Engineer  every  facility  for  the  in- 
spection of  materials  and  workmanship  and  no  part  of  the  work  shall  be  cov- 
ered until  inspected  by  the  Engineer  or  his  representative. 

313.  The  Contractor  shall  change,  repair  or  remove  and  replace  any  mate- 
rial or  work  not  in  accordance  with  the  plans  or  specifications  whether  pre- 
viously accepted  or  not. 

314.  Rejected  materials  shall  be  branded  or  otherwise  marked  and  shall  be 
removed  from  the  works  immediately  and  not  returned. 


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Miscellaneous — {continued. ) 

315.  No  concrete  or  other  masonry  shall  he  laid  when  it  will  he  subjected  weathl?.‘“ 
to  freezing  before  setting  except  with  permission  of  the  Engineer  and  under 
such  conditions  as  he  may  impose  in  writing. 


316.  Excavation  will  include  rock,  earth,  boulders,  piles,  timber  and  all 
other  materials  met.  It  shall  be  understood  that  excavation  is  not  classified 
for  the  purpose  of  estimates  or  payments  under  either  of  the  contracts. 

317.  Excavation  shall  be  measured  in  the  solid  in  place,  with  no  allowance  Excavation— 

‘ measiiremeut  of. 

for  increase  in  volume  after  excavation.  No  payment  will  be  made  for 
excavation  or  concrete  outside  Standard  Section  Lines,  shown  on  plans  or  L*n“ 
described  in  these  specifications. 


318.  Where  quantities  per  lineal  foot  of  tunnel  are  stated  in  the  contract  arTrverage^quauuues. 
schedules,  they  are  average  quantities,  manholes,  recesses,  gi’ooves,  troughs, 
cross  passages  between  tunnels,  cast  steel  bore  segments  and  all  other  special 
constructions,  except  those  separately  scheduled  in  the  contract,  being  divided 
over  the  entire  length  of  the  sections  and  embraced  in  the  respective  schedules. 

The  length  of  tunnel  to  be  paid  for  under  each  schedule  will  be  determined  by  measured, 
measurement  of  the  completed  work. 


319.  In  cases  where  the  method  of  measurement  is  not  specifically  stated  “ans“wh“reuot™“ 
elsewhere  in  these  specifications,  measurements  will  be  made  from  the  draft 
lines  and  dimensions  shown  on  the  Contract  Drawings  or  other  plans  furnished 
by  the  Engineer,  notwithstanding  any  custom  to  the  contrary.  All  openings 
and  imbedded  materials  will  be  deducted. 


320.  All  water  pumped  or  bailed  from  the  tunnels,  shafts  or  trenches  dur-  Disposal  of  drainage 
ing  construction  shall  be  conveyed  to  suitable  points  of  discharge  and  in  pipes 

buried  in  the  ground  if  reqnired. 

321.  The  Contractor  shall  employ  a sufficient  number  of  watchmen  to  watciiing. 
guard  all  parts  of  the  work  and  no  heading  shall  be  left  without  a competent 
watchman. 

322.  The  Contractor  shall  maintain  every  part  of  the  work  in  thoroughly  of  work 

^ ^ during  construction. 

good  condition  (ventilating  and  pumping  when  necessary)  until  finally  pumping, 
accepted  by  the  Engineer. 

323.  The  Company  will  maintain  the  work  in  first  class  manner  at  the  cost  Maintenance  of  work 
of  the  Contractor  against  all  defects  of  workmanship  or  material  furnished 

by  the  Contractor  for  a period  of  12  months  after  the  opening  of  the  tunnel 
for  customary  railroad  traffic.  Such  maintenance  charge  shall  not,  however, 
include  damage  arising  from  derailment,  collisions  or  fires  during  the  opera- 
tion of  the  railroad. 


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Engineer  to  order  dis* 
charge  of  unsatis- 
factory employees  of 
Contractor. 


Junctions  between 
types  of  works. 


Care  in  blasting. 


Explosives,  handling, 
storing,  etc. 


Contractor  to  keep 
svu'face  drainage  from 
openings  and  guard 
same. 


Contractor  responsible 
for  injury  to  persons 
or  property. 


Miscellaneous — {continued. ) 

324.  The  Engineer  may  order  the  discharge  of  any  employee  of  the  Con- 
tractor for  inefficiency  or  for  conduct  which  in  the  opinion  of  the  Engineer  is 
prejudicial  to  the  interests  of  the  Company,  and  such  order  shall  be  obeyed 
immediately  by  the  Contractor  and  the  employee  shall  not  be  again  employed 
on  the  work.  Sub-Contractors  and  their  employees  shall  be  considered  as 
employees  of  the  Contractor. 

325.  The  work  of  construction  includes  all  the  work  of  joining  up  various 
types  or  sections  of  tunnels  and  in  every  respect  forming  complete  and  water- 
tight tunnels  throughout  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Engineer. 

326.  Drilling  and  blasting  must  be  conducted  with  all  possible  care  and  in 
such  a manner  as  to  loosen  as  little  rock  outside  the  section  lines  as  possible. 

327.  Only  experienced  men  shall  be  allowed  to  handle  explosives,  and  all 
city  and  other  government  regulations  regarding  their  composition,  storage 
and  use  must  be  strictly  complied  with. 

328.  The  Contractor  shall  protect  all  openings  from  influx  of  surface  water 
from  any  source;  he  shall  guard  them  at  all  times,  day  and  night,  maintain 
efficient  lighting  and  he  responsible  for  any  damages  or  injuries  to  persons 
and  property  resulting  from  such  openings. 

329.  The  Contractor  admits  and  covenants  to  and  with  the  Company  that 
the  plans  and  specifications  and  other  provisions  of  the  Contract  for  construc- 
tion, if  the  work  be  done  without  fault  or  negligence  on  the  part  of  the  Con- 
tractor, do  not  involve  any  damage  to  the  foundations,  walls  or  other  parts  of 
adjacent  buildings  or  structures,  or  to  any  street,  or  to  the  navigation  of  the 
North  River,  and  the  Contractor  will,  at  his  own  expense,  make  good  any 
damage  which  shall  in  the  course  of  construction  be  done  to  any  foundations, 
walls  or  other  parts  of  adjacent  buildings  or  structures  or  to  any  street  or  to 
navigation.  The  liability  of  the  Contractor  in  respect  to  these  matters  is  abso- 
lute and  is  not  dependent  upon  any  question  of  negligence  on  his  part  or  on 
the  part  of  his  agents,  servants  or  employees,  and  the  neglect  of  the  Engineer 
to  direct  the  Contractor  to  take  any  particular  precautions  or  to  refrain  from 
doing  any  particular  thing  shall  not  excuse  the  Contractor  in  case  of  any  such 
damage.  He  shall  provide  support  for  water  pipes  and  sewers  and  maintain 
the  flow  therein  and  admit  to  the  works  the  duly  authorized  representatives  of 
the  City  government  having  such  pipes  and  sewers  in  charge  and  obey  their 
instructions  relative  thereto.  In  case  of  leakage  from  gas  pipes  he  shall 
notify  the  agents  of  the  Gas  Company,  shall  furnish  laborers  to  get  access  to 
the  pipes  if  requested  by  such  agents,  and  adjust  any  claims  by  such  company 
for  injury  to  its  property.  He  shall  repair,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  com- 


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Miscellaneous— ) 

panies  interested,  all  injuries  to  electric  conduits  and  wires.  He  shall  take 

precautions  to  avoid  injuring  sidewalks,  curbs,  manholes  and  pavements,  and 

shall  make  such  repairs  to  the  same  as  the  City  government  may  require.  He  railroad 

shall  maintain  in  alignment  and  level  the  railroad  tracks  and  structures  above 

or  contiguous  to  his  work  and  support  the  tracks  when  necessary  so  that  traffic 

over  them  may  be  continuously  maintained. 

330.  Timber  and  piles  left  in  the  tunnels  or  in  the  trenches  by  order  of  the  Timber  and  pues  len  in 
Engineer  will  be  paid  for  at  the  actual  cost  of  the  timber  and  piles  delivered  neer  to  be  paid  for. 
at  the  site;  no  allowance  will  be  made  for  labor  of  placing  in  the  work.  All 

timber  and  piles  not  left  in  by  order  of  the  Engineer  will  be  at  the  sole  cost 

and  expense  of  the  Contractor,  but  deductions  shall  be  made  at  schedule  rates  concrete  displaced 

timber. 

for  any  material  such  as  concrete,  rock  packing,  etc.,  displaced  by  timber, 
whether  such  timber  is  left  in  by  order  of  the  Engineer  or  not. 

331.  The  Contractor  shall  protect  the  Company  from  suits  for  damages 
which  may  arise  from  injury  sustained  by  any  employee  of  the  Contractor 
in  the  execution  of  the  work;  and  from  suits  for  loss  or  damages  to  the  per- 
son or  property  of  individuals  arising  from  the  execution  of  the  work. 

332.  The  Contractor  shall  obtain  all  licenses  and  permits  necessary  in  the  contractor  to  obtain 

Cl-  111  c 1 • . permits  and  observe 

prosecution  ot  his  work;  he  shall  observe  all  laws,  fi'anchises  and  ordinances 
relating  thereto,  and  shall  protect  the  Company  and  its  employees  from  any 
penalties  incurred  in  consequence  of  violation  or  neglect  thereof  by  himself 
or  any  of  his  employees. 

333.  The  salaries  and  expenses  of  all  City  and  other  inspectors  required  8pec’'ors°an'd*'ponc'0 
by  the  governments  of  the  borough,  city,  county  and  state  in  which  the 

work  is  being  done  and  the  salaries  and  expenses  of  any  policeman  or  other  police, 
officers  for  preserving  order  whom  the  magistrates  or  other  public  authority 
may  appoint  or  the  Engineer  consider  necessary,  shall  be  paid  by  the  Con- 
tractor and  be  at  his  sole  cost  and  expense. 

334.  The  Contractor  shall  provide  an  adequate  plant  and  if  at  anv  time  the  EnKineer  may  order 

. inn  ill  -1  • plant  changed  or 

Engineer  shall  deem  the  plant  inadequate  or  its  operation  faulty,  either  for 
the  execution  of  the  work  or  for  the  security  of  persons  or  property,  he  may 
order  the  same  changed  or  discontinued  and  the  Contractor  shall  comply 
immediately. 

335.  The  Contractor  shall  enclose  all  lands  handed  over  to  him  by  tight,  Fences, 
substantial  fences,  at  least  8 feet  high,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Engineer 
and  the  regulations  and  requirements  of  the  local  governments. 

336.  No  advertisement  will  be  permitted  on  any  fence  enclosing  any  of  the  pro'hibimT®“‘" 
Company’s  lands  or  on  any  structure  or  in  any  place  upon  them. 


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Transfer  of  lines  and 
levels. 


Labor  for  placing 
mounments. 


Work  to  be  built  on 
lines  and  levels  given 
by  the  Engineer. 


Only  materials  in 
permanent  work  paid 
lor. 


Extra  work. 


Force  account. 


Extra  work. 


Extension  of  time. 


Claim  for  extension 
of  time. 


Miscellaneous  -{continued.) 

337.  Ill  order  to  facilitate  the  transfer  of  lines  and  elevations,  the  Contractor 
shall  suspend  hoisting  and  working  at  such  times  and  for  such  periods  as  the 
Engineer  may  deem  necessary  without  charge  to  the  Company. 

338.  The  Contractor  shall  furnish  all  labor  and  tools  called  for  by  the 
Engineer  for  placing  monuments,  plugs,  stakes  or  other  points  used  in  surveys 
for  which  he  will  be  paid  actual  cost  of  labor  plus  an  allowance  of  10  per  cent, 
for  superintendence  and  use  of  tools.  If  any  such  point  be  disturbed,  the 
Engineer  may  reipiire  the  Contractor  to  hear  the  expense  of  replacing  it. 

339.  The  Contractor  shall  build  the  work  on  the  lines  and  levels  given  by 
the  Engineer. 

340.  No  payment  will  be  made  for  materials  which  do  not  enter  into  the 
permanent  work. 

341.  Any  work  which  the  Engineer  may  requii’e  in  addition  to  that  shown 
by  the  plans  and  standard  sections  or  in  modification  thereof  shall  be  imme- 
diately performed  by  the  Contractor.  Payment  will  be  made  for  any  increase 
of  quantities  and  deductions  made  for  any  decrease  thereof  at  the  rates  named 
in  the  Schedules  of  Unit  Prices  when  the  classes  of  work  required  are  named 
in  the  schedules.  For  work  not  named  in  the  schedules,  payment  will  be  made 
on  the  basis  of  net  cost  of  laboi’  and  materials  duly  ascertained,  determined 
and  certified  by  the  Engineer,  and  in  addition  thereto  10  per  cent,  of  said  net 
cost  for  the  use  of  tools  and  all  other  plant,  superintendence  and  all  other 
miscellaneous  expenses;  or  in  lieu  of  such  payment  for  net  cost  plus  10  per 
cent.,  the  Engineer  and  Contractor  may  agree  in  writing  upon  a fixed  amount 
to  be  paid  by  the  Company  for  such  work. 

342.  The  Contractor  shall  not  be  entitled  to  payment  for  extra  work  unless 
executed  on  the  written  order  of  the  Engineer  specifying  the  work  to  be  done 
and  the  prices  therefor. 

343.  If  the  work  is  delayed  by  legal  regulation  or  proceeding  beyond  the 
Contractor’s  conti’ol  or  by  failui’e  of  the  Company  to  give  possession  of  land 
needed  for  shafts  and  power  houses,  the  Conti'actor  shall  be  entitled  to  no 
damage  from  the  Company  in  consequence  thereof,  but  a fair  and  reasonable 
extension  of  time  will  be  allowed  for  the  completion  of  the  contract.  If  the 
work  be  interrupted  by  litigation,  the  Contr  actor  shall  have  claim  only  for  the 
materials  and  work  actually  furnished  previous  to  the  interruption. 

344.  Any  claim  by  the  Contractor  for  an  extension  of  time  shall  be  made 
in  writing  to  the  Engineer  within  24  hours  after  the  delay  shall  have  com- 
menced and  no  claim  will  be  considei-ed  when  such  written  notice  has  not 
been  given. 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Miscellaneous— 

345.  The  Contractor  will  not  be  entitled  to  an  extension  of  time  for  causes  n o extecBion  of  time, 
within  his  control,  for  non-deliver}'  of  plant  or  materials,  for  accidents  occur- 
ring in  the  prosecution  of  the  work,  for  weather,  flood  or  fires,  or  for  sickness 

or  legal  proceedings  involving  the  Contractor. 

346.  All  geological  specimens  desired  by  the  Engineer  and  all  coins  and 
articles  of  antiquity  found  in  the  excavations  shall  be  delivered  to  him  im- 
mediately. 

347.  The  Contractor  shall  afford  such  facilities  as  the  Engineer  may  re- Facilities  to  other 
quire  to  other  Contractors  or  persons  whom  the  Company  may  employ  in  company’s  employees, 
connection  with  the  work;  and  shall  make  no  charge  on  account  of  such  work 

for  compressed  air  or  for  use  of  the  compressors,  boilers,  and  other  plant  when 
their  continuous  operation  is  required  for  his  own  work,  but  on  the  approval 
of  the  Engineer  he  may  make  a reasonable  charge  for  hoisting  materials  in  or 
out  of  the  shafts  and  hauling  them  in  the  tunnels. 

348.  Upon  the  completion  of  any  part  of  the  work,  the  Contractor  shall,  on 
demand  of  the  Engineer,  remove  his  plant  and  materials  or  such  portion  as 
the  Engineer  may  deem  necessary  so  as  not  to  impede  the  execution  of  the 
remaining  works  by  himself  or  others.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  entire 

work  and  its  acceptance  by  the  Engineer,  the  Contractor  shall  remove  from  Clean  up  woiks. 
the  Company’s  property  all  plant  and  materials  of  every  description  belong- 
ing to  him  and  leave  the  premises  free  from  rubbish  and  waste  materials  and 
in  a finished  condition. 

349.  The  properties  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company  and  the  New  Jersey  Protect  other  railroad 
Junction  Railroad  over  or  adjoining  the  various  works  must  at  all  times  be 
efficiently  protected  from  any  possible  or  probable  injury  during  construction 

and  any  further  measures  necessary  to  carry  this  out  shall  be  done  in  compli- 
ance with  the  order  of  the  Engineer. 

350.  The  centre  line  of  the  railroad  tunnel  works  of  this  Division  is  located  Lay  of  centre  ime  of 

timnel  works. 

very  nearly  on  a southeasterly  to  northwesterly  line,  but  it  shall  be  understood 
for  convenience  in  this  contract  and  during  the  construction,  as  being  located 
on  a line  from  East  to  West.  On  the  Contract  Drawings  the  initials  ‘‘  N,”  “ E,” 

“ S ” and  “ W ” are  placed  with  the  intention  of  giving  the  lay  of  plans  and 
sections  as  indicated  thereon. 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  Y"ORK  RAILROAD. 


CONTRACT. 


AGREEMENT  made  this day  of 1903, 

between  the  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey  & New  York  Railroad  Company, 
hereinafter  called  the  Company,  party  of  the  first  part,  and 


of 

hereinafter  called  the  Contractor,  party  of  the  second  part, — Witnesseth: 

J.  That  the  Contractor,  the  said  party  of  the  second  part,  in  consideration 
of  the  agreement  herein,  by  the  Company,  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  does 
hereby  promise  and  agree  to  and  with  the  said  party  of  the  first  part,  that  he 
will  at  his  own  sole  cost  and  expense  furnish  all  labor  and  services  and  all  ma- 
terial for,  and  will  construct,  complete  and  finish  in  the  most  thorough,  work- 
manlike and  substantial  manner,  in  every  respect  to  the  satisfaction  and  ap- 
proval of  the  Company’s  Chief  Engineer  or  Engineers  for  the  time  being  (herein- 
after referred  to  as  the  Engineer)  in  the  manner  and  within  the  time  hereinafter 
limited,  subject  to  the  terms,  restrictions  and  conditions  of  the  Company’s 
franchise  and  according  to  the  specifications  hereto  annexed  and  made  part  of 
this  contract  and  in  strict  accordance  with  plans  furnished  or  to  he  furnished 
by  the  Engineer  therefor,  the  tunnels  and  approaches  commencing  at  the 
boundary  line  of  the  States  of  New  Jersey  and  New  Yoi'k  in  the  North  River, 
passing  under  same  and  under  Bergen  Hill  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey  together 
with  the  approach  to  the  tunnels  for  a distance  of  three  hundred  (300)  feet 
westward  from  the  portals  of  the  tunnels  in  the  west  face  of  Bergen  Hill,  as 
the  same  are  now  or  may  be  hereafter  located  and  that  he  will  pay  to  the 
Company  the  costs  of  maintaining  the  same  in  good  and  perfect  condition, 
without  interfering  with  traffic  through  any  portion  thereof,  to  the  full  satis- 
faction of  the  Engineer,  for  a period  of  twelve  (12)  months  after  the  compler 
tion  of  the  work  shall  have  been  certified  by  the  said  Engineer. 

2.  The  plans  and  specifications  of  this  contract  are  intended  to  co-operate, 
so  that  any  work  exhibited  in  the  plans  and  not  mentioned  in  the  specifica- 
tions, or  vice  versa,  shall  be  done  in  the  same  manner  as  if  mentioned  in  the 
specifications  and  set  forth  in  the  plans,  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  said 
plans  and  specifications  or  either  of  them.  The  Contractor,  at  his  own  proper 
cost  and  charges,  shall  provide  all  manner  of  labor,  materials,  apparatus,  scaf- 
folding, tools  and  machinery  of  every  description  required  to  do  and  complete 
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3.  Said  work  shall  be  commenced  as  soon  as  the  site  of  shaft  is  handed  over 
to  the  Contractor,  who  shall  remove  all  obstructions  required  by  the  Engineer 
and  shall  thenceforth  prosecute  the  work  continuously  and  diligently.  The 
whole  of  the  work  embraced  in  this  contract  shall  be  completed  within 
months  after  the  site  of  shaft  has  been  handed  over  to  him. 

4.  The  plans  herein  referred  to  are  fifty-eight  (58)  in  number,  bear  date 
August  1st,  1903,  are  each  signed  by  the  Engineer,  bear  the  general  title  of 

“ Contract  Drawing  No ,”  and  are  designated  by  the  following  num- 

bers;-1000,  1001,  1002,  1003,  1001,  1005,  lOOG,  1007,  1008,  1009,  1010,  1011, 
1012,  1013,  1014,  1015,  1016,  1017,  1018,  1019,  1023,  1024,  1025,  1026,  1027, 
1028,  1029,  1030,  1031,  1032,  1033,  1034,  1035,  1036,  1037,  1038,  1039,  1040,  1041, 
1042,  1043,  1044,  1045,  1046,  1047,  1048,  1049,  1050,  1051,  1052,  1053,  1054,  1055, 
1056,  1057,  1058,  1059,  1060. 

5.  The  sections  and  dimensions  of  all  parts  shown  on  the  Contract  Draw- 
ings are  typical  sections  and  dimensions  applicable  to  the  greater  part  of  the 
work.  Where  extraordinary  conditions  exist,  or  unforeseen  contingencies  arise, 
or  if  for  any  other  reason  the  Company  desires  to  make  any  alterations  of, 
deviations  from,  additions  to  or  omissions  from  the  work  to  be  done  under 
this  contract  or  plans  or  specifications  attached  hereto,  then  the  Company  may 
issue  special  plans,  duly  signed  by  the  Engineer  and  accompanied  by  specifica- 
tions explanatory  thereof  or  describing  the  method  of  construction,  changing 
the  sections  or  the  dimensions  of  the  part  or  the  materials  of  the  structure, 
and  such  special  plans  and  specifications  when  so  issued  shall  be  binding  on 
the  Contractor  and  he  shall  receive  no  additional  payment  for  the  completed 
work  unless  the  quantities  of  materials  therein,  or  excavation  therefor,  are 
greater  than  in  the  typical  sections  and  dimensions.  The  amount  of  additional 
payment,  if  any,  shall  be  only  for  the  increase  of  quantities  and  shall  be  paid 
for  at  the  rates  named  in  the  schedule  herein  agreed  upon.  If  the  completed 
work  built  under  the  changed  plans  contains  less  quantities  of  materials  or 
requires  less  amounts  of  excavation  than  the  typical  sections  and  dimensions, 
the  payment  to  the  Contractor  shall  be  reduced  by  an  amount  to  be  determined 
in  the  same  manner.  If  in  any  case  work  is  required  to  he  done  or  materials 
furnished  for  which  unit  prices  are  not  named  in  the  schedules,  then  payment 
shall  be  made  for  the  net  cost  of  such  labor  and  materials,  duly  ascertained, 
determined  and  certified  by  the  Engineer  and  in  addition  thereto  ten  per  cent, 
of  said  net  cost  for  the  use  of  tools  and  all  other  expenses;  or  in  lieu  of  such 
payment  for  net  cost  plus  ten  per  cent,  the  Engineer  and  Contractor  may 
agree  in  writing  upon  a fixed  amount  to  be  paid  by  the  Company  for  such 
labor  and  materials. 

6.  In  addition  to  the  Contract  Drawings,  the  Company  has  had  prepared  a 
set  of  drawings,  five  (5)  in  number,  signed  by  the  Engineer,  and  bearing  the 


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same  date  as  the  Contract  Drawings,  but  entitled  “Supplementary  Drawing 

No and  are  designated  by  the  following  numbers:— S.  1000,  S.  1001, 

S.  1002,  S.  1003,  S.  1004.  These  drawings  exhibit  certain  data  which  the  Com- 
pany has  obtained  from  its  Engineer  concerning  the  nature  of  the  soil  underlying 
portions  of  the  route.  The  Supplementary  Drawings  have  been  exhibited  to  the 
Contractor  without  any  guaranty  on  the  part  of  the  Company  as  to  their  com- 
pleteness and  correctness;  and  the  Contractor  may,  at  his  option  and  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  Company  have  copies  thereof  for  such  aid,  if  any,  as  the  Con- 
tractor may  derive  from  them.  If  in  the  course  of  the  work  embraced  iu  this 
contract,  difficulties  of  any  nature  be  encountered  which  are  not  indicated  or 
suggested  by  the  Supplementary  Drawings  or  if  additional  surface  or  sub-sur- 
face structures  or  obstructions  be  discovered  or  found  of  different  size  or  in 
different  positions  or  of  different  nature  from  those  shown  on  the  Supplement- 
ary Drawings,  or  if  in  any  way  such  Supplementary  Drawings  be  found  erro- 
neous, the  Contractor  shall  have  no  claim  whatever  for  any  such  failure,  dis- 
crepancy or  error,  but  is  to  take  every  necessary  or  proper  precaution  to  over- 
come the  unforeseen  difficulty  and  is  to  take  care  of,  protect,  remove,  adjust, 
or  readjust,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  additional  or  different  surface  or  sub-sur- 
face structures  according  to  the  directions  of  the  Engineer.  The  Contractor 
agrees  to  obtain  any  further  information  in  regard  to  the  geological  formation 
which  he  may  deem  necessary  or  desirable  at  his  own  cost  and  expense,  pro- 
viding himself  with  any  and  all  permits,  licenses  and  other  consent  and  privi- 
lege required  by  City  or  other  government  authorities. 

7.  The  Company  has  made  tests  with  a screw  pile  at  Dock  C,  Erie  Rail- 
road, Weehawken,  and  the  Engineer  has  kept  a record  of  the  process  of 
sinking,  power  used  and  other  data.  Tables  showing  these  results  and 
drawings  showing  the  appliances  used  may  be  seen  at  the  office  of  the  Engi- 
neer, but  the  Company  does  not  in  any  way  guarantee  that  like  results  will  be 
obtained  at  other  points,  and  if  in  the  progress  of  the  work  difficulties  are  found 
differing  in  nature  or  extent  from  those  shown  by  the  record  aforesaid,  or  if 
different  appliances  for  sinking  the  screw  piles  in  the  tunnels  are  found  neces- 
sary or  expedient  the  Contractor  shall  have  no  claim  whatever  for  such  diffi- 
culties or  appliances  but  is  to  take  every  means  necessary  to  perform  the 
work  as  shown  on  the  Contract  Drawings  and  required  by  the  specifications. 

8.  The  Contractor  shall  be  entitled  to  no  payment  for  extra  work  or 
materials  excepting  as  provided  iu  the  specifications  and  in  this  contract 
and  under  a written  order  of  the  Engineer  and  then  only  when  a claim  there- 
for is  presented  to  the  Engineer  for  allowance  at  the  close  of  the  calendar 
month  in  which  the  same  had  been  done  or  furnished;  otherwise,  all  claims 
for  such  work  or  materials  shall  be  deemed  absolutely  waived  by  the  Cou- 


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tractor  and  the  Company  shall  not  be  required  to  allow  or  pay  for  the  same 
or  for  any  part  thereof. 

9.  In  order  to  prevent  disputes  and  misunderstandings  between  the  parties 
hereto  in  relation  to  the  performance  of  any  of  the  stipulations  and  provisions 
contained  in  this  agreement,  or  as  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  hereof,  or  as 
to  any  other  question  which  may  arise  hereunder  and  for  the  speedy  settle- 
ment of  any  such  disputes  and  misunderstandings  as  may  arise  hereunder,  it 
is  hereby  agreed  that  the  Engineer  shall  be  and  he  hereby  is  constituted  the 
sole  umpire  to  finally  decide  all  such  questions  and  matters  and  to  settle  any 
such  disputes  and  misunderstandings  as  aforesaid;  and  said  Engineer  shall  also 
decide  the  amount  and  quality,  character  and  kind  of  work  and  material  per- 
formed and  furnished  by  the  Contractor  under  this  contract,  including  all 
extra  work  and  material  and  claims  for  compensation  therefor. 

10.  The  Company  contemplates,  and  the  Contractor  hereby  approves,  the 
most  thorough  and  minute  inspection  by  the  Company,  its  Engineer  and  the 
representatives  and  subordinates  of  the  Company  or  Engineer,  of  all  work  and 
materials  and  of  the  manufacture  or  preparation  of  such  materials  from  the 
beginning  of  construction  to  the  final  completion  of  the  work  and  to  the 
expiration  of  the  subsequent  term  during  which  by  the  terms  of  this  contract, 
the  Contractor  is  to  pay  the  cost  of  maintaining  the  work  in  good  and  perfect 
condition.  It  is  the  intention  of  the  Company  that  the  Engineer  shall  draw 
the  attention  of  the  Contractor  to  all  errors  and  variations  from  the  require- 
ments of  the  contract  and  specifications,  or  other  defects  in  workmanship  or 
materials,  but  it  is  expressly  agreed  that  no  omission  on  the  part  of  the  Com- 
pany or  its  Engineer  or  any  officer,  representative,  or  subordinate  of  the 
Company  shall  give  the  Contractor  any  right  or  claim  against  the  Company  or 
in  any  way  relieve  the  Contractor  from  his  obligation  to  fully  construct  the 
work  according  to  the  terms  of  this  contract. 

11.  The  Contractor  shall  at  all  times  give  to  the  Engineer  and  the  assistants 
and  representatives  under  the  Engineer,  all  facilities,  either  necessary  or  con- 
venient, for  inspecting  the  materials  to  be  furnished  and  the  work  to  be  done 
under  this  contract.  The  Engineer  or  any  person  bearing  his  authorization  or 
the  authorization  of  the  Company  shall  be  admitted  at  any  time  summarily 
and  without  delay  to  any  part  of  the  work,  or  to  an  inspection  of  materials  at 
any  place  or  stage  of  their  manufacture,  preparation,  shipment  or  delivery. 

12.  The  Contractor  shall  give  ample  notice  to  the  Engineer  of  the  beginning 
or  progress  of  manufacture  or  preparation  of  materials  at  mills,  shops,  foun- 
dries or  other  points  so  that  the  Engineer’s  representatives  may  be  on  hand. 

13.  All  work  to  be  done  hereunder  shall  be  at  all  times  under  the  su- 
pervision of  the  Engineer  or  representatives  appointed  by  him  and  the  instruc- 


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tions  of  the  Engineer  or  such  representatives  shall  at  all  times  be  implicitly 
obeyed;  and  the  Engineer  shall  decide  as  to  the  materials  supplied  and  work 
done  under  this  contract. 

14.  The  Contractor  agrees  to  receive  from  the  Company,  and  the  Company 
to  deliver  to  the  Contractor  all  cement  required  in  the  permanent  work  at  the 
rate  of  two  dollars  ($2.00)  for  380  pounds  of  cement,  the  cement  to  be  delivered 
to  the  Contractor  in  warehouses  selected  and  rented  or  owned  by  the  Company 
and  the  location  of  these  shall  be  for  the  Contractor  for  Section  Gj  (Subaqueous 
tunnels,  etc,,)  on  the  west  water  front  of  North  River  and  not  more  than  1000 
feet  from  the  centre  line  of  tunnels  and  for  the  Contractor  for  Section  K 
(Bergen  Hill  Tunnels)  not  more  than  600  feet  west  of  tunnel  portal  on  the  west 
side  of  Bergen  Hill.  At  the  end  of  each  month,  the  Engineer  shall  furnish  the 
Contractor  a statement  of  the  amount  of  cement  thus  delivered  to  the  Contractor 
during  the  month,  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  deduct  the  amount  due  therefor 
from  the  next  or  any  following  estimate.  The  cement  is  to  be  delivered  in 
sacks  which  will  become  the  property  of  the  Contractor.  The  Contractor  is 
to  be  responsible  for  the  safe-keeping  of  the  cement  after  delivery  to  him.  The 
Company  will  diligently  endeavor  to  keep  on  hand  at  all  times  a sufficient 
supply  of  cement  but  the  Contractor  shall  have  no  claim  for  damages  if  at 
any  time  or  times  the  supply  shall  be  insufficient  and  the  work  impeded  or  de- 
layed thereby;  but  he  shall  be  entitled  to  an  extension  of  time  for  the  com- 
pletion of  his  contract  by  a period  equal  to  that  during  which  the  work  was 
so  impeded  or  delayed,  the  same  as  hereinafter  provided  in  case  the  work  is 
impeded  or  delayed  by  the  order  of  any  court. 

15.  It  is  further  agreed  between  the  parties  hereto  that  the  Contractor 
shall  have  no  right  or  power  to  assign  this  contract  in  whole  or  in  part,  nor  to 
assign  any  right  arising  thereunder. 

16.  It  is  further  agreed  that  no  part  of  the  work  embraced  in  this  contract 
shall  be  sublet  or  in  any  way  removed  from  the  control  of  the  Contractor 
under  the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  Engineer  as  aforesaid,  except  with 
the  written  consent  of  the  Engineer,  but  this  provision  shall  not  apply  to  the 
purchase  and  delivery  of  materials  necessarily  manufactured  and  provided 
elsewhere. 

17.  The  Company  in  consideration  of  the  faithful  performance  by  the  Con- 
tractor of  all  and  singular  his  covenants,  promises  and  agreements  herein 
contained,  agrees  to  pay  the  said  Contractor,  on  the  full  completion  by  him  of 
all  things  embraced  in  this  contract,  in  the  manner  and  within  the  time  herein 
specified  and  limited,  and  to  the  satisfaction  and  acceptance  of  the  said  En- 
gineer, at  the  rates  named  in  the  following  Schedules: 


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SECTION  Gj. 

North  River  Tunnels — Cast  Iron  Lined, 

Driven  with  Shield. 

From  at  or  near  Station  231  + 78  to  at  or  near  Station  261  -f  36. 

Schedule  No. 

For  materials  in  one  lineal  foot  of  completed  work  as  shown  on  Contract 
Drawings  Nos.  1000,  1002,  1003,  1004,  1006,  1007,  1008,  1009,  1010,  1011,  1014, 
and  1018,  including  all  labor  required  thereon.  Excavation  measured  as  de- 
scribed in  paragraphs  277  and  317  of  the  specifications.  The  quantities  of 
mateiials  in  this  schedule  are  average  quantities  for  5880  lineal  feet  of  tunnel. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

FiVna  vn.tinn 

15. 39  cu.  yds. . 

% 

$ 

Cast  iron  tunnel  lining 

8,842.66  lbs 

Cast  steel  tunnel  lining  (bore 
segments  and  manhole  seg- 
ments)   

299.35  “ 

Steel  bolts  and  washers  for 
tunnel  lining 

329.00  “ 

Rust  joints  caulked  in  tunnel 
lining 

38.60  lin.  ft 

Cast  iron  di’ain  pipes 

7.31  lbs 

Cast  iron  fillers  caulked  and 
steel  dowels  in  bore  seg- 
ments   

the  sum  of 

Iron  castings  (exclusive  of 
tunnel  linings  and  screw 
pile  shafts) 

4.55  lbs 

Concrete  placed  in  air  of  nor- 
mal pressure 

4. 96  cu.  yds. . 

Grout,  outside  of  tunnel  li- 
mhig,  cement  used 

2 . 90  bbls 

Steel  beams,  plates  and  shapes 
with  fittings  at  manholes 
and  electric  chambers 

20.95  lbs 

Steel  bolts,  hooks,  staples, 
ladders,  ladder  rods,  man- 
hole gratings  and  bonds  for 
electric  conduits 

5.24  “ 

Expanded  metal 

1.25  “ 

Vitrified  electric  conduits 

52 . 91  duct  ft. . . 

Galvanized  iron  wire.  No.  8, 
B.  & S.  gauge 

55.00  lin.  ft... . 

Total  for  one  lineal  foo 

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Section  G].— {continued.) 

Screw  Piles— North  Eiver  Tunnels. 

(Under  30  feet  and  30  to  50  feet  long.) 

Schedule  No.  25. 

For  materials  in  completed  work  in  one  screw  pile  driven  30  feet  as  shown 
on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1000,  1004,  1012,  1013,  1015  and  1019,  including  all 
labor  required  thereon;  measured  partly  as  described  in  paragraphs  259  and 
260  of  the  specifications. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections, 
including  special  section  at 
top 

9,378.00  lbs  

% 

$ 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions  

78.00  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screws  pile 
sections 

93.90  “ 

Cast  steel  screw  pile  point. . . . 

Steel  sleeve  with  collar,  rust 
jointing,  etc 

1,635.00  “ 

2,460.00  “ 

Steel  diaphragm  tapped  and 
plugged 

108.00  “ 

Steel  bolts  connecting  dia- 
phragm and  taper  rings  to 
screw  pile 

76.00  “ 

Cast  iron  packing  and  taper 
adjustment  rings 

246.50  “ 

Iron  grouting  pipe  2"  diameter 
within  screw  pile 

12.00  lin.  ft..  . 

Excavation  within  screw  pile 
to  12  feet  deep 

1 .46  cu.  yds. . 

Concrete  within  screw  pile. . . . 

Grout  w’ithin  screw  pile, 
cement  used 

1.46  “ “ . 

1.00  bbl  

Total  for  one  screw  pile  driven  to  a depth  of  30  feet 

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Section  Gj.— Screav  Piles  (under  30  feet  and  30  to  50  feet  long).  Schedule 

No.  Q5. — {continued.) 

For  screw  piles  driven  less  than  30  feet  the  following  will  be  deducted  for 
each  lineal  foot: 


(Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions  

312.60  lbs 

1 

% 

2.00  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile 
sections 

3.13  “ 

— - 

Total  deduction  for  each  lineal  foot  of  screw  pile  less  than 
30  feet 

For  each  additional  lineal  foot  of  screw  pile  driven  in  excess  of  30  feet  but 
not  exceeding  a total  length  of  50  feet: 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions  

318.20  lbs 

$ 

$ 

<f^ 

2.07  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile 
sections 

3.44  “ 

Total  for  each  additional  lir 
feet  but  not  exceeding  t 

leal  foot  driven  in  excess  of  30 
)0  feet 

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Section  Gj.— Screw  Piles— (con^mwed.) 

Screw  Piles—  North  River  Tunnels. 

(50  to  70  feet  long.) 

Schedule  No.  26. 

For  materials  in  completed  work  in  one  screw  pile  driven  50  feet  as  shown 
on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1000,  1004,  1012,  1013,  1015  and  1019,  including  all 
labor  required  thereon;  measured  partly  as  described  in  paragraphs  259  and 
260  of  the  specifications. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections, 
including  special  section  at 


16, 190.00  lbs 

$ 

$ 

4^ 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 

tini'^Q  

136.50  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile  sec- 

fin  nt;  

187.80  “ 

Cast  steel  screw  pile  point. . . . 

Steel  sleeve  with  collar,  rust 

■inintinp"  pfn 

1 635.00  “ 

2,460.00  “ 

Steel  diaphragm  tapped  and 

nlno'p'pd  

108.00  “ 



steel  bolts  connecting  dia- 
phragm and  taper  rings  to 

RP.rpw  pilp 

76.00  “ 

Cast  iron  packing  and  taper 
fidjnstmpnt  Filip'S 

246.50  “ 

Iron  grouting  pipe  2"  diameter 
within  screw  pile 

12.00  lin.  ft. . 

Excavation  within  screw  pile 
to  12  feet  deep 

1.46  cu.  yds. 

1.46  “ “ . 

Concrete  within  screw  pile... 

Grout  within  screw  pile, 
cement  used 

1 . 00  bbl 

Total  for  one  screw  pile  driven  to  a depth  of  .50  feet 

87 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

Section  Gj.— Screw  Piles— (50  to  70  feet  long.)  Schedule  No.  26.— {con- 
tinued.) 


For  eacli  additional  lineal  foot  of  screw  pile  driven  in  excess  of  50  feet  but 
not  exceeding  a total  length  of  70  feet: 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections. . 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions   

320 . 20  lbs 

$ 

% 

2.76  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile 
sections 

3.89  “ 

Total  for  each  additional 
50  feet  but  not  exceed 

lineal  foot  driven  in  excess  of 
itig  70  feet 

88 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

Section  Gj. — Screw  Piles — {continued.) 

Screw  Piles — North  Eiver  Tunnels. 

(TO  to  90  feet  long.) 

Schedule  No.  ^7. 

For  materials  in  completed  work  in  one  screw  pile  driven  TO  feet  as  shown 
on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1000,  100-t,  1012,  1013,  101.5  and  1019,  including  all 
labor  required  thereon;  measured  partly  as  described  in  paragraphs  259  and 
260  of  the  specifications. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Pi'ices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections, 
including  special  section  at 
top 

23,002.00  lbs 

$ 

$ 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 

tlnns 

195.00  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tinns 

281. TO  “ 

Cast  steel  screw  pile  point. . . . 

Steel  sleeve  with  collar,  rust 
j Din  ting  etc 

1,635.00  “ 

2,460.00  “ 

Steel  diaphragm  tapped  and 
nlncrcrprl 

108.00  “ 

Steel  bolts  connecting  dia- 
phragm and  taper  rings  to 
screw  pile 

T6.00  “ 

Cast  iron  packing  and  taper 
adjustment  rings 

246.50  “ 

Iron  grouting  pipe  2"  diametei 
within  screw  pile 

12 . 00  lin.  ft. . . 

Excavation  within  screw  pile 
to  12  feet  deep 

1 . 46  cu  yds . 

Concrete  within  screw  pile  . . 

Grout  within  screw  pile, 
cement  used 

1.46  “ “ . 

1 . 00  bbl 

Total  for  one  screw  pile  driven  to  a depth  of  TO  feet 

89 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

Section  Gj. — Screw  Piles— (70  to  90  ft.  long.)  Schedule  No.  S7. — (con- 
tinued.) 


For  each  additional  lineal  foot  of  screw  pile  driven  in  excess  of  70  feet  but 
not  exceeding  a total  length  of  90  feet; 


Qiiaiililifs. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts, 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections. . 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions   

329.90  lbs 

$ 

$ 

2.80  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions   

4.10  “ 

Total  for  each  additional  1 
feet  but  not  exceeding  9 

meal  foot  driven  in  excess  of  70 
0 feet 

90 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  ITOKK  RAILROAD. 

Section  Gj. — Screw  Piles — {continued.) 

Screw  Piles — North  River  Tunnels. 

(90  to  120  feet  long.) 

Schedule  No.  S8. 

For  materials  in  completed  work  in  one  screw  pile  driven  90  feet  as  shown 
on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1000,  1004,  1012,  1013,  101.5  and  1019,  including  all 
labor  required  thereon;  measured  partly  as  described  in  paragraphs  259  and  260 
of  the  specifications. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections, 
including  special  section  at 
top  

29,814.00  lbs 

$ 

$ 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions  

253.50  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile 
sections  

3T5.60  “ 

Cast  steel  screw  pile  point. . . . 

Steel  sleeve  with  collar,  rust 
jointing,  etc 

1,635.00  “ 

2,160.00  “ 

Steel  diaphragm  tapped  and 
nlusTijed  

108.00  “ 

Steel  bolts  connecting  dia- 
phragm and  taper  rings  to 
screw  pile 

16.00  “ 

Cast  iron  packing  and  tapei- 
adjustment  rings 

246.50  “ 

Iron  grouting  pipe 2'' diameter 
within  screw  pile 

1 

12.00  lin.  ft.. 

Excavation  within  screw  pile 
to  12  feet  deep 

1.46  cu.  yds. 

Concrete  within  screw  pile. . . 

Grout  within  screw  pile, 
cement  used 

1.46  “ “ 

1.00  bbl 

Total  for  one  screw  pile  driven  to  a depth  of  90  feet. . . 

91 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Section  Gj.— Screw  Piles  — (90  to  120  feet  long.)  Schedule  No.  28. — {con- 
tinued.') 

For  each  additional  lineal  foot  of  screw  pile  driven  in  excess  of  90  feet  but 
not  exceeding  a total  length  of  120  feet: 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions  

332.10  lbs 

% 

. ^ 

2.79  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions   

4.17  “ 

i*  * 

1 

Total  for  each  additional 
90  feet  but  not  exceer 

lineal  foot  driven  in  excess  t)f 
ling  120  feet 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Section  Gj.~  Screw  Fil'es— {continued.) 

Screw  Piles — North  River  Tunnels. 

(120  to  150  feet  long.) 

Schedide  No.  S9. 

For  materials  in  completed  work  in  one  screw  pile  driven  120  feet  as 
shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1000,  1001,  1012,  1013,  1015  and  1019,  in- 
cluding all  labor  required  thereon;  measured  partly  as  described  in  paragraphs 
259  and  200  of  the  specifications. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections, 
including  special  section  at 

l.np 

39  950.00  lbs 

s 

$ 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 

t.imis 

331.50  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions   

500.80  “ 

Cast  steel  screw  pile  point. . . . 

Steel  sleeve  with  collar,  rust 

inintincr  ntn  . . 

1 635  00  “ 

2,'j:60.00  “ 

Steel  diaphragm  tapped  and 
nlno'0'pd  

108.00  “ 



Steel  bolts  connecting  dia- 
phi'agm  and  taper  rings  to 

srrfiw  nilp 

76.00  “ 

Cast  iron  packing  and  taper 

adinstmpnt  I'ino'S 

‘G6.50  “ 

Iron  grouting  pipe  2"  diameter 

within  spi’pw  nilp 

12  00  lin  ft . . 

Excavation  within  screw  pile 
tn  19,  fppt  dppn 

1.46  cu.  yds 

Concrete  within  screw  pile. . . 

Grout  within  screw  pile, 

pprnpnt  nsp.d 

1.46  “ “ 

1 00  bbl 

Total  for  one  screw  pile  driven  to  a depth  of  120  feet. . . . 

93 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Section  Gj. — Screw  Piles — (120  to  150  feet  long.)  Schedule  No.  29. —{con- 
tinued.) 

For  each  additional  lineal  foot  of  screw  pile  driven  in  excess  of  120  feet  but 
not  exceeding  a total  length  of  150  feet: 


Quantities. 

Unit  Pi'ices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections. . 

Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions   

333.40  lbs 

$ 

$ 

2.75  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions  

4.17  “ 

Total  for  each  additional 
120  feet  hut  not  excel 

lineal  foot  driven  in  excess  of 
tdinp-  1.50  feet 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

Section  Gj.  -Screw  Piles— (con^mitecZ.) 

Screw  Piles — North  River  Tunnels. 

(150  feet  long  and  over.) 

Schedule  No.  30. 

For  materials  in  completed  work  in  one  screw  pile  driven  150  feet,  as 
shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1000,  100-1,  1012,  1013,  1015  and  1019,  inclu- 
ding all  labor  required  thereon;  measured  partly  as  described  in  paragraphs  259 
and  260  of  the  specifications. 


Cast  iron  screw  pile  sections, 
including  special  section  at 
top 


Steel  bolts  for  screw  pile  sec 
tions 


Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile  sec 
tions 


Cast  steel  screw  pile  point . . 

Steel  sleeve  with  collar,  rust 
jointing,  etc 


Steel  diaphragm  tapped  and 
plugged 


Steel  bolts  connecting  dia- 
phragm and  taper  rings  to 
screw  pile 


Cast  iron  packing  and  taper 
adjustment  rings 


Quantities. 


50,086.00  lbs. 

409.50  “ . 

626.00  “■  , 

1.635.00  “ 

2.460.00  “ 
108.00  “ 

76.00  “ 

246.50  “ 


Unit  Prices. 


Amounts. 


Iron  grouting  pipe  2''  diameter 
within  screw  pile 

Excavation  within  screw  pile 
to  12  feet  deep 

Concrete  within  screw  pile. . . 

Grout  within  screw  pile,  ce- 
ment used 


12.00  lin.  ft. 

1 .46  cu.  yds, 
1.46  “ “ 

1.00  hbl. . . . 


Total  for  one  screw  pile  driven  to  a depth  of  150  feet 


95 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Section  Gj. — Screw  Piles— (150  feet  long  and  over.)  Schedule  No.  30.-— {con- 
tinued.) 

For  each  additional  lineal  foot  of  screw  pile  driven  in  excess  of  150  feet: 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Cast  iron  screv\^  pile  sections. . 

Steel  holts  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions   

333.90  lbs 

$ 

2.73  “ 

Steel  dowels  for  screw  pile  sec- 
tions   

4.17  “ 

Total  for  each  additional  lineal  foot  driven  in  excess  of 
150  feet 

I 


96 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Section  Gj. — {continued.) 

Weehawken  Tunnel  Enlargements. 

(Shield  Chambers.) 

From  at  or  near  Station  ‘261  + 00  to  at  or  near  Station  261  + 26. 

Schedule  No.  31. 

For  materials  in  one  lineal  foot  of  completed  work  in  tunnel  enlarge- 
ment as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1001,  1006,  1028,  1029,  1060,  1031, 
1062,  1033,  1039  and  1040,  including  all  labor  required  theieon.  Excavation 
and  masonry  measured  as  described  in  paragraphs  278  to  281  and  317  inclu- 
sive of  the  specifications.  The  quantities  of  materials  in  this  schedule  are 
avei'age  quantities  for  52  lineal  feet  of  tunnel. 


Quantities. 


Unit  Prices. 


$ 


Amounts. 


s 


Excavation 

Cast  iron  drain  pipes 

Iron  castings 

Concrete '. . . . 

Brick  masonry 

Rock  packing 


29.31  cu.  yds, 

96.46  lbs 

48.90  “ 

11.69  cu.  yds. 

1.86  “ “ 

2.00  “ ‘* 


Steel  beams,  plates  and  shapes 
with  fittings  at  manholes 
and  electric  chambers 

Steel  holts,  hooks,  staples,  lad- 
ders, ladder  rods,  manhole 
gratings  and  bonds  for  elec- 
tric conduits 

Expanded  metal 


520.69  lbs 

18.08  “ 
6.00  “ 


Vitrified  electric  conduits 50.62  duct  ft, 

Waterproofing,  felt  and  pitch, 
area  covered 44 . 62  sq . f t . . . 


Waterproofing,  mastic  and 
brick,  area  covered 


30.38  “ “ 


Flags  

Galvanized  iron  wire,  No.  8, 
B.  & S.  gauge 


3.04  “ “ . 
69.23  lin.  ft. 


Total  for  one  lineal  foot 


97 


PP:NNSYLVANIA.  new  JEHSEY  and  new  YORK  RAILROAD. 

Section  Gj. — {continued.) 

Weehawken  Tunnels. 

(East  of  Weehawken  Shaft.) 

From  at  or  near  Station  201  + 26  to  at  or  near  Station  268  + 50. 

Schedule  No.  38. 

For  materials  in  one  lineal  foot  of  completed  work  in  Concrete  Tunnel 
with  Brick  Arch,  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1000,  1001,  1003,  1033, 
1034,  1035,  1036,  1037,  1038,  1030,  lO-lO,  1041,  1042  and  1043,  including  all  labor 
required  thereon.  Excavation,  masonry  and  rock  packing  measured  as  de- 
scribed in  paragraphs  278  to  281  and  317  inclusive  of  the  specifications.  The 
quantities  of  materials  in  this  schedule  are  average  quantities  for  412  lineal  feet 
of  tunnel. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Excavation 

19.97  cu  yds 

$ 

1 

Cast  iron  drain  pipes 

73.31  Ihs 

Iron  castings 

9.80  “ 

( ,'o?icrete 

6 . 27  cii  yds  .... 

Brick  masonry 

1.70  “ “ 

Rock  packing 

1.45  “ “ 

Steel  beams,  plates  and  shapes 
with  fittings  at  manholes 
and  electric  chambers 

33.91  lbs 

Steel  doors,  frames  and  fittings 

Steel  bolts,  hooks,  staples, 
ladders,  ladder  rods,  man- 
hole gratings  and  bonds  for 
electric  conduits 

3.28  “ . . • 

14.49  “ 

Steel  rods  and  bars  built  into 
concrete 

4.59  “ 

Norway  iron  flat  bars,  3x1  3/4 
inches 

2.18  “ 

Expanded  metal 

1.97  “ 

Vitrified  electric  conduits 

82. 19  duct  ft 

Wrought  iron  pipes,  3 1/2'' 
inside  diameter,  of  standard 
thickness,  including  bent 
pipes 

0. 58  lin  ft 

Waterproofing,  felt  and  pitch, 
area  covered 

25.39  sq.  ft 

Waterproofing,  mastic  and 
brick,  area  covered 

30.99  “ “ 

Flags  

3.26  “ “ 

Galvanized  iron  wire.  No.  8, 
B & S.  gauge 

85.55  lin.  ft 

Total  for  one  lineal  fo( 

JT 

98 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Section  G].— {continued.) 

North  River  Tunnels— Cast  Steel  Lined. 

Driven  with  Shield. 

Schedule  No.  33. 

For  materials  in  one  lineal  foot  of  completed  work  as  shown  on  Contract 
Drawings  Nos.  1000,  1002,  1003,  1004,  1006,  1007,  1008,  1009,  1010,  1011,  1014 
and  1018,  including  all  labor  required  thereon.  Excavation  measured  as 
described  in  paragraphs  277  and  317  of  the  specifications. 

The  quantities  of  materials  in  this  schedule  from  “ Excavation”  to  “Rust 
joints  ” inclusive  are  averaged  on  15  lineal  feet  of  tunnel  lining,  and  other  quan- 
tities are  assumed  to  be  the  same  as  for  iron  lined  tunnels  in  Schedule  No.  24. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Excavation 

15 . 39  cu.  vds. . 

$ 

$ 

<t^ 

Cast  steel  tunnel  lining,  inclu- 
ding bore  segments 

9 929.81  lbs 

Steel  bolts  and  washers  for 
tunnel  lining 

329.13  “ 

Rust  joints  caulked  in  tunnel 
lining 

38.60  lin  ft. . . 

Cast  iron  drain  pipes 

7.31  lbs 

Cast  iron  fillers  caulked  and 
steel  dowels  for  bore  seg- 
ments   

Iron  castings  (exclusive  of 
tunnel  linings  and  screw  pile 
shafts) 

4.55  lbs 

Concrete  placed  in  air  of  nor- 
mal pressure 

4.96  cu.  yds. . 

Grout,  outside  of  tunnel  lining, 
cement  used 

2.90  bbls 

Steel  beams,  plates  and  shapes 
with  fittings  at  manholes 
and  electric  chambers 

20.95  lbs 

Steel  bolts,  hooks,  staples,  lad- 
ders, ladder  rods,  manhole 
gratings  and  bonds  for  elec- 
tric conduits 

5.24  “ 

Expanded  metal 

1.25  “ 

Vitrified  electric  conduits 

52.91  duct  ft. . 

Galvanized  iron  wire.  No.  8, 
B.  & S.  gauge 

.65.00  lin  ft,.  . . 

1 

i 

Total  for  one  lineal  foc 

)T 

99 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Section  Gj. — {continued.) 

Cast  Iron  Lined  Tunnel  Driven  Without  Shield, 

Schedule  No.  3 If.. 

Poi*  materials  in  one  lineal  foot  of  completed  work  in  iron  and  concrete 
lined  tunnel  driven  without  shield  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos. 
lOOO,  1002,  1003,  1005,  1007,  1008,  1009,  1010  and  1011,  including  all  labor 
required  thereon.  Excavation  and  concrete  measured  as  described  in  para- 
graphs 280,  290,  291,  292  and  317  of  the  specifications.  The  quantities  of 
materials  in  this  schedule  from  “ Excavation  ” to  “Rust  joints”  inclusive  are 
averaged  on  a ring-length  of  tunnel  lining,  the  other  quantities  are  assumed 
to  be  the  same  as  for  iron  lined  tunnels  in  Schedule  No.  24. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

17.46  cu.  yds. . 

$ 

1 



Casl  ivnn  tunnel  lining 

9,100.00  lbs 

Steel  holts  and  washers  for 

f.nnnpil  lininp'  . 

330.00  “ 

Rust  joints  caulked  in  tunnel 

lining  

38.80  lin.  ft.  - . 

Iron  castings  (exclusive  of 

I.nnnel  lininiy'l  

• 

4.55  lbs 

Dnnerele  

4 . 96  cu.  yds. . 

Steel  beams,  plates  and  shapes 
with  fittings  at  manholes 

enrl  elpetri^*  eViamhei’S 

20.95  lbs 

Steel  bolts,  hooks,  staples,  lad- 
ders, ladder  rods,  manhole 
gratings  and  bonds  for  elec- 

trip  onnrInif.Q  . . 

5 24  “ 

Pvnanded  metal  . . 

1.25  “ 

Vitrified  electric  conduits  .... 

Galvanized  iron  wire.  No.  8, 

R At  R <yQno'P 

52  01  dnet  ft-  - 

.55  00  lin  ft.  . . 

Total  for  one  lineal  foot 

The  unit  prices  named  in  Schedules  Nos.  24  to  34  inclusive  are  also  to  be 
used  if  the  plans  are  changed  as  provided  for  in  paragraph  14  of  the  specifica- 
tions. If  materials  or  labor  not  enumerated  in  tbe  schedules  are  required  to 
be  placed  in  the  work  by  direction  of  the  Engineer  and  under  the  terms  of  the 
specifications  providing  for  changes  in  the  plans,  payment  shall  be  made  there- 
for at  the  rates  named  in  the  following  Schedule' No.  35: 


100 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Section  Gj. — {continued.) 


Schedule  No.  35. 

For  materials  in  the  completed  work  not  shown  on  the  Contract  Drawings, 
including  all  labor  required  thereon: 


Unit. 

Unit  Price. 

Structural  steel  sliding  rings  of  tunnel  lining  placed 
iu  rnmprepsed  air 

lb. 

$ 

Hapt  iron  draihi  nines 

( ( 

Iron  castings  (exclusive  of  tunnel  lining  and  screw 

nile  shafts'^ 

i c 

Steel  castings  (exclusive  of  tunnel  lining  and  screw’ 

nile  nnints^  

( ( 

Gnueret'e  laid  in  e.nmpressed  air 

. . . cu.  vd. 

Prie.k  ma^nTTrv  (nnl,  a.reh  work) 

4 ( ( ( 

Prie.k  mas<^Tivy  laid  in  enmpressed  air 

U t ( 

Pj’ie.k  ma'snnry  laid  in  e.nmpressed  air  (arch  work).  . . . 

Stnne  masonry  

iC  ii 

Granite  nedesta.ls  

. . . .cu.  ft. 

Granitoid 

(c  ; ( 

Gront  cement  used  . 

bhl. 

Grout,  forced  outside  of  tunnel  lining  by  air  pressure, 
cement  used 

( ( 

Pock  packino"  

. . . cu.  vd. 

Pile  shoes.  ...  

lb. 

Structural  steel,  including  riveted  and  bolted  work, 
nlates  shanes  etc 

( ( 

Sti’nc.tnral  .steel  in  sides  and  roofs  of  t.nnnels 

U 

Steel  doors  fi’ames  a^^d  fittings 

(C 

Steel  rods  and  bars  hnilt  into  concrete 

“ 

Vitrified  drain  pipes  A-"  in  diameter  

lin.  ft. 

ik  n a 

(C  l( 

101 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Section  Gj. — Schedule  No.  35. — {continued.) 


Unit. 


Unit  Price. 


Vitrified  drain  pipes,  8"  in  diameter 

u ii 

C ( ( C ( £ 12^^  ^ ‘ ^ ^ 

Wrought  iron  pipes,  3 1/2"  inside  diameter,  of  stand- 
ard thickness,  including  bent  pipes 

Waterproofing,  felt  and  pitch,  area  covered 

Waterproofing,  mastic  and  brick,  area  covered 

Waterproofing,  mastic  1/2  inch  thick,  area  covered. . . 


lin.  ft. 


ii  ii 

6t  i( 

a n 

sq.  ft. 

U (( 

H 


Flags 

Timber,  but  not  including  timber  left  in  tunnels  or 
trenches  by  order  of  the  Engineer  and  paid  for  at 
cost  delivered  at  the  site,  in  accordance  with  para- 
graph 330  of  the  specifications: 


Yellow  Pine,  “Merchantable” 


M.ft.  B.M. 


“ “Prime” 


£(  H iC 


Spruce 


Oak 


Piles,  but  not  including  piles  left  in  the  work  by 
order  of  the  Engineer  and  paid  for  at  cost  delivered 
at  the  site,  in  accordance  with  paragraph  330  of  the 
specifications; 

Yellow  Pine 

Spruce 

Hemlock 


lin.  ft. 

((  ii 

a u 


Oak 

Clay  puddle 

Asphalt,  3/4"  thick 

Cutting  away  any  concrete  built  under  this  contract, 
including  disposal 

Cutting  avt'ay  any  brick  work  built  under  this  con- 
tract, including  disposal 

Excavation  within  screw  pile  below  12  feet  from  top 
of  screw  pile 


((  (( 

cu.yd. 
sq.  ft, 

cu.yd. 

H ii 

ti  Ci 


Dressing  rock  to  form  bed  for  short  screw  piles 


per  pile 


102 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

SECTION  I. 

Weehawken  Shaft. 

(To  be  temporarily  used  by  Contractors  for  Sections  Gj  and  K for  constructional  purposes.) 

Schedule  No.  36. 

For  materials  in  completed  work  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos. 
1044  and  1045,  including  all  labor  required  thereon.  Excavation  measured  as 
described  in  paragraphs  212  and  317  of  the  specifications. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Flvpp  V5if.inn  

23,800  cu.  yds.. . . 

$ 

$ 

<P 

Concrete  in  retaining  walls. . . 

Clay  puddle,  12"  thick,  inclu- 
Hinof  shppt  mlino" 

1 333  “ “ . . 

5 600  sq.  ft 

rtranitnid  in  rnninp" 

1,813  cu.  ft 

Total  for  Weehawken  shaft 

The  unit  prices  named  in  Schedule  No.  36  are  also  to  be  used  if  the  plans 
are  changed,  as  provided  for  in  paragraph  No.  14  of  the  specifications.  If 
materials  or  labor  not  enumerated  in  the  schedules  are  required  to  be  placed 
in  the  work  by  direction  of  the  Engineer,  and  under  the  terms  of  the  specifica- 
tions providing  for  changes  in  the  plans,  payment  shall  be  made  therefor  at 
the  rates  named  in  the  following  Schedule  No.  37: 


Schedule  No.  37. 

For  materials  in  the  completed  work  not  shown  on  the  Contract  Draw- 
ings, including  all  labor  required  thereon: 


Unit. 

Unit  Price. 

Steel  beams  and  shapes 

lb 

9 

Steel  rods  and  bars  built  into  concrete 

i i 

Expanded  metal 

i ( 

Clay  puddle 

. . .nil  vd 

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SECTION  K. 

Miscellaneous  Work  in  Weehawken  Shaft. 

(To  be  temporarily  used  by  Contractors  for  Sections  Gj  and  K for  constructional  purposes.) 

Schedule  No.  38. 

For  materials  in  completed  work  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos. 
loot,  1016,  1017,  lOlS,  1019,  1050,  1051,  1052,  1053,  1054:,  1055,  1056  and  1057, 
including  all  labor  requii'ed  thereon.  Excavation  measured  as  described  in 
paragraphs  280,  317  and  319  of  the  specifications. 


Quantities. 


Excavation 


1,537.00  cu.  yds. 


Unit  Prices. 


Amounts. 


Cast  iron  drain  pipes 


12,519.00  lbs 


Iron  castings 

Concrete 

Brick  masonry 

Stone  masonry 

Rock  packing 

Cabin  over  stairway  complete 


1,282.00  “ 

1,701.00  cu.  yds. 
75.70  “ 
259.63  “ “ 

47.00  “ “ 

the  sum  of 


Structural  steel,  including  riv- 
eted and  bolted  work,  plates, 
shapes,  etc 


Steel  beams,  plates  and  shajies 
with  fittings  at  manholes 
and  electric  chambers. . . . 


Steel  doors,  frames  and  tfi- 
tings 


Steel  bolts,  hooks,  staples,  lad- 
ders, ladder  rods,  manhole 
gratings  and  bonds  for  elec 
trie  conduits 


Norway  iron  flat  bars,  3 x 
13/4  inches 


Expanded  metal. 


23,011.00  lbs. 

4.380.00  “ . 

2.576.00  “ . 


3,562.00 

900.00 

214.00 


Carried  Forward 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


Section  K. — {continued.) 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Rmiiphl  Roi’wn.rd 

$ 

'k' 

Vitrified  electric  conduits.... 

Waterproofiiifi;,  felt  and  pitch, 
area  covered 

23,967.00  duct  ft 

0,528.00  sq.  ft  . 

Waterproofing,  mastic  and 
brick,  area  covered 

913.00  “ “ . 

830.00  “ “ . 

24,390.00  lin.  ft. . 

Flags  

Galvanized  iron  wire.  No.  8, 
B.  & S.  gauge 

Gutter  in  iron  and  concrete. . 

Asphalt,  ‘6/-^"  thick 

211.00  •“  “.. 

444.00  sq  ft.. 

Wrought  iron  fence 

523.00  lin.  ft.  . 

Iron  pipe  railing,  1 1/2"  diani 
with  supports 

290.00  “ ‘L. 

Total  for  Miscellaneous  Work  in  Weehawken  Shaft 

105 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK*  RAILROAD, 

Section  K. — (continued.) 

Bergen  Hill  Tunnels. 

From  at  or  near  Station  264  + to  at  or  near  Station  323  + 90. 

Schedide  No.  39. 

For  materials  in  one  lineal  foot  of  completed  work'in  concrete  tunnel  with 
brick  arch,  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1001,  1023,  1024,  1025,  1026, 
1033,  1034,  1035,  1036,  1037,  1038,  1039,  1040,  1041,  1012  and  1043,  including 
all  labor  required  thereon.  Excavation  measured  as  described  in  paragraphs 
280,  281  and  317  of  the  specifications.  The  quantities  of  materials  in  this 
schedule  are  average  quantities  for  11,820  lineal  feet  of  tunnel. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Excavation 

19 .45  cu.  yds. . . 

$ 

</• 

$ 

<1^ 

Cast  iron  drain  pipes 

8.23  lbs 

Iron  castings 

7.13  “ 

Concrete 

6.09  cu.  yds. . . 

Brick  masonry 

1.64“  “ . . . 

Kock  packing 

1.42  “ “ . . . 

Steel  beams,  plates  and  shapes 
with  fittings  at  manholes 
and  electric  chambers 

16.97  1 bs 

Steel  doors,  frames  and  fit- 
tings   

0.!)1  *•  

Steel  holts,  hooks,  staples, 
ladders,  ladder  rods,  man- 
hole gratings  and  bonds  for 
electric  conduits 

11.05  “ 

Steel  rods  and  bars  built  into 
concrete 

2.40  “ 

JNortvay  iron  flat  bars,  3x1  3/4 
inches 

J.45  “ 

Expanded  metal 

1.03  “ 

Vitrified  electric  conduits  . . . . 

Wrought  iron  pipes,  3 1/2" 
inside  diameter,  of  standard 
thickness,  including  bent 
pipes  

82.32  duct  ft... 

0 . 04  1 i n f t . . . 

Waterproofing,  felt  and  pitch, 
area  covered 

25.49  sq.  ft 

Waterproofing,  mastic  and 
brick,  area  covered 

29.84  “ “ . . . 

Flags 

3.27  “ “ . . . 

Galvanized  iron  wire,  No.  8, 
B.  & S.  gauge 

84.03  lin.  ft. . . . 

Total  for  one  lineal  foot 

106 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD, 

Section  K. — {continued.) 

Hackensack  Portal  and  Approach. 

From  at  or  near  Station  323  + 90  to  at  or  near  Station  327  + 00. 

Schedule  No.  Jf.0. 

For  materials  in  completed  work  as  shown  on  Contract  Drawings  Nos. 
1001,  1027,  1040,  1058,  1059  and  1000,  including  all  labor  required  thereon. 
E.xcavation  measured  as  described  in  paragraphs  317  and  319  of  the  specifica- 
tions. 


Quantities. 

Unit  Prices. 

Amounts. 

Fxr.a.vation  

33,662.00  cu.  yds. 

% 

Past  iron  drain  pipes 

1 12,872.00  lbs 

Iron  ca.stinp's 

10,448.00  “ 

Concrete 

2,809.00  cu.  yds. 

Rfiek  ma.snnry 

18.20  “ “ . 

Stone  masonry  

170.00  “ “ . 

Steel  beams,  plates  and  shapes 
with  fittings  at  manholes 
and  eleetrie  ehambers 

9,426.00  lbs 

Steel  bolts,  hooks,  staples,  lad- 
ders, ladder  rods,  manhole 
gratings  and  bonds  for  elec- 
tric conduits 

3,925.00  “ 

Steel  rods  and  bars  built  into 
concrete  

1,232.00  “ 

Norway  iron  flat  bars  3x1  3/4 
inches  

900,00  “ 

Expanded  metal 

540.00  “ 

Vitrified  electric  conduits  .... 

Waterproofing,  felt  and  pitch, 
area  covered  

50,736.00  duct  ft. 

24,031.00  sq.  ft.. . 

Waterproofing,  mastic  and 
brick,  area  covered 

84.00  “ “ . . 

Flags  

2,018.00  “ “ . 

Galvanized  iron  wiie.  No.  8, 
B.  & S.  gauge 

52,080  no  lin.  ft  . 

Total  for  Hackensack  Por 

tal  and  Approach 

107 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD, 

Section  K. — {continued.) 

The  unit  prices  named  in  Schedules  Nos.  38,  39  and  40  are  also  to  be  used  if 
the  plans  are  changed  as  provided  for  in  paragraph  No.  14  of  the  specifications. 
If  materials  or  labor  not  enumerated  in  the  schedules  are  requii  ed  to  be  placed 
in  the  work  by  direction  of  the  Engineer,  and  under  the  terms  of  the  specifi- 
cations providing  for  changes  in  the  plans,  payment  shall  be  made  therefor  at 
the  rates  named  in  the  following  Schedule  No.  41: 

Schedule  No.  Ifl. 


For  materials  in  completed  work  not  shown  on  the  Contract  Drawings, 
including  all  labor  required  thereon: 


Unit. 

Unit  Price. 

SfnnA  mfl.c;r>7iTV  

8 

Dl’f^nitp'  ppdpstfll  

fTi’flriitnid 

C C C( 

flrniif.  ppiTipnt  nspd 

bbl. 

rrmiif  fnrpprl  in  nlam  hv  nil'  nrpftftnrp  rpmpnt.  llRPrl-  . . 

( ( 

Piles,  hut  not  including  piles  left  in  the  work  by  order 
of  the  Engineer  and  paid  for  at  cost  delivered  ac 
the  site,  in  accordance  with  paragraph  330  of  the 
specifications: 

Yellow  pine  

. . . .lin.  ft. 

Snrnce  

( ( a 

flemlock  

( ( 4 ( 

Oak  

U 4 4 

Pile  shoes  

lb. 

Structural  steel,  including  riveted  and  bolted  work, 

nL-iIps  Qhnnps  pI.p,  

4 4 

Steel  flenrtj  frames  nnrl  fittimys  

4 4 

IVrkVW'QAr  imn  flaf.  5^  v 1 5^/4-  inpllPft 

4 4 

Vi tri fieri  firain  nines  A-"  in  diameter  

. . . .lin.  ft. 

ii  fci  n g//  a ti 

4 4 4 4 

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Section  'K.  — Schedule  No.  It-l. — {continued.) 


Vitrified  drain  pipes  8'^  in  diameter 


Unit. 


•lin.  ft. 


Unit  Price. 


((  a a 


a “ 


• ( 


( i 


Waterproofing,  mastic  1/2  inch  thick,  area  covered. . . 

Timber,  hut  not  including  timber  left  in  tunnels  or 
trenches  by  order  of  the  Engineer  and  paid  for  at 
cost  delivered  at  the  site,  in  accordance  with  para- 
graph 330  of  the  specifications: 


sq.  ft 


Yellow  pine,  “ Merchantable  ” 


M.  ft.B.M. 


ii 


“ Prime 


an  (( 


Spruce, 


Oak 

Clay  puddle 

Asphalt,  3/4"  thick 

Cutting  away  any  concrete  built  under  this  contract, 
including  disposal 

Cutting  away  any  brick  work  built  under  this  con- 
tract, including  disposal 


ii  ii 

cu.  yd, 
.sq.  ft, 

cu.  yd. 


I 


18.  The  pi'ices  hereinbefore  named  are  for  work  completed  ready  for  track 
with  ballast  or  track  with  bridge  work  where  either  is  intended  to  be  placed, 
but  do  not  include  the  furnishing  and  placing  of  such  track  and  ballast  or 
track  and  bridge  work. 

19.  It  is  mutually  agreed  and  understood  by  and  between  the  parties  of  this 
contract  that  the  lengths  of  the  different  types  of  construction  as  shown  or  in 
any  way  indicated  on  the  Contract  Drawings  are  approximate  only,  and  that 
owing  to  the  lack  of  definite  information  the  Company  is  unable  to  locate  the 
junction  points  of  the  various  types  or  the  relative  amounts  of  each  type;  and 
no  claim  for  damage  or  any  additional  expense  or  payment  shall  be  made  by 
the  Contractor  against  the  Company  on  account  of  any  such  surplus  or  de- 
ficiency of  any  type  of  construction  from  the  amount  shown  or  in  any  way 
indicated  on  the  plans. 


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20.  The  unit  prices  hereinbefore  named  shall  be  used  in  making  progress 
estimates  of  materials  and  labor  in  the  completed  work. 

21.  It  is  mutually  agreed  by  the  parties  to  this  contract  that  the  Contractor 
shall  keep  on  hand  at  places  approved  by  and  under  the  control  of  the  Engineer, 
such  amounts  of  cast  iron  or  cast  steel  tunnel  lining,  cast  iron  screw  pile  sections, 
cast  steel  screw  pile  points  and  holts  as  the  Engineer  may  from  time  to  time 
require  and  payment  therefor  shall  be  made  on  each  progress  estimate,  for  such 
materials  thus  required  by  the  Engineer  as  are  actually  on  hand  at  the  end  of 
the  calendar  month,  at  the  prices  named  in  the  following  Schedule  No.  42,  but 
this  provision  shall  not  prevent  the  Contractor  from  storing  at  his  own  cost  and 
e.xpense  such  additional  amounts  as  he  may  deem  proper;  nor  shall  it  relieve 
him  from  his  entire  responsibility  for  furnishing  all  materials  at  such  times  and 
in  such  quantities  as  needed  for  a continuous  and  vigorous  prosecution  of  the 
work. 

Schedule  No.  Jf.2. 

For  iron  and  steel  castings  delivered  in  such  quantities  and  at  such  places 
at  or  near  the  work  as  the  Engineer  may  require: 


Unit. 

Unit  Price. 

Cast  iron  tunnel  lining 

lb. 

$ 

Cast  steel  tunnel  lining 

4 4 

C.n.st  iron  .screw  pile  sections 

4 4 

Cast  steel  screw  pile  points 

4 4 

Bolts 

4 4 

22.  Payments  under  the  foregoing  provisions  shall  be  subject  to  the  follow- 
ing conditions: 

(a)  The  unit  prices  include  the  cost  of  materials  and  labor  other  than  those 
mentioned  in  the  schedules,  but  required  by  the  plans  or  specifications. 

{h)  The  amounts  of  excavation  in  air  of  normal  pressure  shall  be  measured 
by  the  product  of  the  area  defined  by  the  Standard  Section  Lines,  as  shown  on 
the  Contract  Drawings  and  described  in  the  specifications,  multiplied  by  the 
length  of  the  excavation  made. 

(c)  The  amounts  of  excavation  in  compressed  air  for  tunnels  driven  with 
shields,  shall  be  measured  by  the  product  of  the  area  within  the  exterior 
surface  of  the  cast  iron  or  cast  steel  lining,  multiplied  by  the  length  of  the 


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completed  lining  and  no  excavation  in  advance  of  the  completed  lining  or  out- 
side thereof  shall  be  estimated. 

(d)  Where  concrete  or  rock  packing  is  required  to  be  built  against  the 
surface  formed  in  excavation  the  amount  shall  be  calculated  from  the  areas 
defined  by  the  Standard  Section  Lines  as  shown  on  the  Contract  Drawings  and 
described  in  the  specifications. 

(e)  Except  as  above  provided,  only  actual  weights  or  actual  net  measure- 
ments of  materials  in  place,  calculated  from  the  Contract  or  Special  Drawings 
shall  be  estimated  and  paid  for,  notwithstanding  any  local  or  foreign  custom 
to  the  contrary. 

(/)  The  total  amounts  of  iron  and  steel  castings  and  bolts  delivered  but  not 
placed  in  the  work,  which  may  be  estimated  and  paid  for  shall  be  fixed  from 
time  to  time  by  the  Engineer,  and  no  such  materials  in  excess  of  the  amounts 
so  limited  shall  be  carried  into  the  estimates. 

{g)  If  in  consequence  of  changes  of  plans  or  otherwise,  materials  or  work 
not  named  in  the  foregoiitg  Schedules  are  required  by  the  Engineer  to  be 
furnished,  payment  is  to  he  made  therefor  at  net  cost  of  such  materials  and 
labor,  duly  ascertained,  determined  and  certified  by  the  Engineer,  plus  an 
allow’ance  of  ten  per  cent,  on  account  of  use  of  tools  and  all  other  plant, 
superintendence  and  all  other  miscellaneous  expenses;  or  in  lieu  of  such 
payment  for  net  cost  plus  ten  per  cent.,  the  Engineer  and  Contractor  may  in 
writing  agree  upon  a fixed  amount  or  fixed  rates  to  be  paid  by  the  Company 
for  such  materials  or  work. 

(/i)  If  the  Company  so  elects,  it  may,  upon  giving  the  Contractor  ten 
days  written  notice,  require  the  Contractor  to  effect  the  complete  disposal  of 
all  excavated  materials  or  any  part  thereof,  paying  therefor  at  the  rate  of 

cents  per  cubic  yard,  measured  as  hereinbefore  provided  for 

measurement  of  excavation. 

23.  Monthly  payments  based  on  the  estimates  prepared  and  certified  by 
the  Engineer  and  on  the  unit  prices  hereinbefore  specified  shall  be  made 
to  the  Contractor  on  or  about  the  15th  day  of  each  calendar  month  for 
work  performed  up  to  the  end  of  the  previous  calendar  month.  Ten  per 
cent,  shall  be  retained  until  six  months  after  the  Engineer  shall  have  in 
writing  certified  the  completion  of  the  work  and  the  railroads  in  the  tunnel 
and  approaches  are  opened  and  put  in  use  for  regular  and  usual  public  traffic. 
If  at  the  end  of  said  period  of  six  mouths  the  Contractor  shall  have  paid 
to  the  Company  the  cost  of  all  work  done  by  it  in  maintaining  the  works  in 


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perfect  condition  during  their  continuous  use  -for  public  traffic  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  the  Engineer,  one-half  of  the  retained  percentage  shall  be  paid  to  the 
Contractor.  At  the  end  of  another  period  of  six  months,  if  the  costs  of  like 
maintenance  shall  have  been  paid  by  the  Contractor,  the  remaining  one-half  of 
the  retained  percentage  shall  he  paid  to  him,  and  the  Contractor  expressly 
agrees  that  the  Company  may  maintain,  at  the  Contractor’s  own  proper  cost 
and  expense  during  their  continuous  use  for  public  traffic,  the  works  in  perfect 
condition  for  such  period  of  twelve  months  after  such  certified  completion  of 
the  works,  but  no  portion  of  the  said  retained  ten  per  cent,  shall  be  paid  or 
considered  due  the  Contractor  until  he  shall  have  shown  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  Engineer  that  the  work  is  free  from  all  liens,  claims  and  demands  for 
labor,  materials  and  sujiplies,  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

21.  If  the  Company  at  any  time  fail  to  make  a monthly  payment  at  the 
time  hereinbefore  specified,  such  failure  shall  not  be  held  or  deemed  to  vitiate 
or  avoid  this  contract,  but  in  such  case  the  Contractor  shall  be  entitled  to 
interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  cent,  per  annum  on  the  amount  unpaid  until 
payment  shall  have  been  made,  and  the  Contractor  shall  have  the  right  to  stop 
all  work  until  so  paid;  and  in  that  case  the  date  for  the  completion  of  the  work 
shall  be  deferred  by  a period  ecpial  to  the  [)eriod  of  such  stoppage. 

25.  The  Company  may  at  any  time  suspend  the  work  provided  for  in  this 
contract,  and  in  such  case,  if  the  period  of  suspension  does  not  exceed  6 
months,  may  declare  an  extension  of  time  for  its  completion  equal  to  the  period 
of  such  suspension;  or  at  the  option  of  the  Company,  it  may  pay  the  Contractor 
for  such  materials  delivered  up  to  that  time  for  the  permanent  work  as  may 
not  have  been  estimated  and  paid  for  previously  and  also  the  accrued  ten  per 
cent,  reserved;  and  furthermore  may  take  possession  of  the  Contractor’s 
plant,  paying  for  the  said  plant  an  amount  to  be  fixed  and  determined  by  the 
Engineer  whose  decision  shall  be  binding  on,  and  immediately  executed  by 
both  parties,  and  the  Contractor  shall  have  no  claim  for  loss  or  damages  on 
account  of  such  suspension.  If,  however,  the  period  of  suspension  exceeds  6 
months,  the  Contractor  shall  not  be  obliged  to  accept  an  extension  of  time  for 
completion  of  his  contract,  but  shall  be  entitled  to  payment  for  materials 
delivered  and  the  reserved  10  per  cent,  and  an  award  by  the  Engineer  as  above 
provided. 

2G.  The  Contractor  agrees  that  he  will  promptly  pay  for  all  labor,  services, 
supplies  and  materials  used  in  or  about  the  construction  and  work  herein  pro- 
vided for,  and  all  of  said  payments  shall  be  made  at  least  as  often  as  payments 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

are  made  by  the  Company  to  the  Contractor,  and  should  said  Contractor  at 
any  time  fail  so  to  do,  the  said  Company  may  at  its  option,  and  it  is  hereby 
authorized  to  retain  out  of  the  consideration  herein  agreed  to  be  paid  by  said 
Company  to  said  Contractor  such  amounts  of  money  as  the  Engineer  may 
deem  sufficient  to  pay  the  same,  or  to  secure  said  Company  from  loss  by 
reason  of  such  non-payments.  Before  final  settlement  is  made  between 
said  parties  under  this  contract,  the  Conti  actor  agrees  that  he  will  produce 
satisfactory  evidence  to  said  Company  that  all  labor,  services,  materials  and 
supplies  aforesaid  have  been  fully  paid  foi-,  and  that  all  of  the  construction 
herein  mentioned  and  all  other  property  of  said  Company  are  free  and  clear 
from  all  liability  and  liens  of  every  kind  arising  out  of  the  performance  of  this 
contract,  and  that  no  lawful  claims  or  liens  as  aforesaid  can  be  made  or  filed 
against  the  Company  or  its  property.  No  payment  shall  in  anywise  lessen  the 
responsibility  of  the  Contractor  for  the  full  and  final  completion  of  the  entire 
work;  neither  shall  it  exempt  said  Contractor  from  liability,  at  his  own  cost 
and  expense,  to  replace  the  work  if  afterwards  found  to  have  been  done  ill  or 
not  done  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  of  this  contract,  either  in 
work  done  or  in  materials  furnished. 

27.  The  said  Contractor  agrees  to  protect  and  hold  harmless  said  Company 
and  all  of  its  property  from  any  and  all  kinds  of  liens  accruing  to  or  to  accrue 
for  labor  and  services  performed  and  for  materials  and  supplies  furnished  or 
for  any  of  the  same,  in  or  about  the  work  and  construction  herein  provided 
for. 

28.  The  Company  shall  not  be  liable  for  any  loss  or  damage  which  may 
happen  to  said  work,  or  to  any  part  thereof,  from  any  cause  whatever,  or  for 
any  loss  or  damage  of  any  of  the  materials,  tools,  implements  or  other  things 
used  in  doing  said  work.  The  Contractor  shall  be  held  solely  responsible  for 
all  deaths,  personal  injuries  and  damages  to  property  occurring  on  account  of 
and  during  the  performance  of  the  work  hereunder  and  shall  indemnify  and 
save  harmless  the  Company  from  liability  upon  any  and  all  claims  for  dam- 
ages on  account  of  such  deaths,  personal  injuries  and  damages  to  property  and 
from  all  costs  and  attorneys’  fees  in  suits  which  may  be  brought  against  the 
Company  for  such  deaths,  personal  injuries  and  damages  to  property;  and 
said  Contractor  shall  and  will,  at  his  own  expense,  make  and  maintain  such 
hospitals,  medical  attendance  and  otlier  provision  as  may  he  necessary  for  the 
safety  and  efficient  and  full  protection  of  all  persons  and  property  during  the 
performance  of  said  work.  Should  there  be  any  unsatisfied  claims  for  deaths, 


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personal  injuries  or  damages  to  persons  or  property  at  the  time  when  the 
final  estimate  for  the  work  is  made  and  returned,  the  Engineer  shall  have  the 
right  to  retain  out  of  said  final  estimate  a sum  in  his  judgment  sufficient  to 
protect  the  Company  in  regard  to  all  unsatisfied  claims  as  aforesaid;  and  in 
case  the  amount  thus  retained  from  the  Contractor  on  said  final  estimate 
should  be  insufficient  to  pay  the  amount  of  such  claim  when  adjudicated,  the 
Company  may  sue  for  and  recover  from  the  Contractor  the  amount  or  bal- 
ance, as  the  case  may  be,  as  a debt  from  the  Contractor  to  the  Company. 

29.  The  Company  will  secure  right  of  way  where  the  line  passes  under  pri- 
vate property  and  will  place  the  Contractor  in  possession  of  the  land  desig- 
nated on  Contract  Drawings  Nos.  1001,  1027  and  1044,  as  sites  for  shafts  and 
plants,  but  if  delayed  by  legal  injunction  or  otherwise,  the  Company  shall  not 
be  held  liable  to  the  Contractor  for  damages  or  loss  resulting  from  such  delays; 
hut  the  Contractor  shall  be  entitled  to  such  extension  of  time  for  the  comple- 
tion of  work  under  this  contract  as  the  Engineer  may  certify  to  be  just  and 
equitable. 

30.  The  Contractor  shall  obtain  all  permits  required  from  the  City  or  other 
governmental  authorities  and  shall  be  solely  responsible  for  penalties  incurred 
and  imposed  for  violation  of  any  laws  or  ordinances  of  the  City  or  other  Gov- 
ernments. 

31.  The  Contractor  shall  be  solely  responsible  for  all  royalties  or  other  sums 
payable  for  the  use  of  patented  inventions  and  shall  keep  the  Company  indem- 
nified against  all  claims  and  demands  in  respect  to  the  use  or  infringement  of 
any  inventions,  whether  the  specifications  require  such  to  be  used  or  not. 

32.  The  plant  and  every  jjart  thereof  and  all  and  every  material  and  thing 
to  be  used  in  or  for  the  construction  or  maintenance  of  the  work  shall,  as  soon 
as  i>laced  upon  any  land  or  premises  belonging  to  the  Company,  or  upon  any 
land  or  premises  temporarily  held  or  retained  or  fenced  in  during  the  construc- 
tion of  the  wmrk  in  connection  with  the  same,  absolutely  be  and  become  the 
property  of  the  Company  and  shall  not  be  removed  therefrom  without  the 
written  permission  of  the  Engineer  being  first  obtained.  When  and  so  soon 
as  the  work  comprised  in  this  contract  and  specifications  is  ready  to  be  o))ened 
for  public  traffic  and  all  the  obligations  of  the  Contractor  to  the  Company  are 
fulfilled  and  when  the  release  in  full  by  the  Company  to  the  Contractor  shall 
have  been  executed,  and  not  before,  the  Company  will  give  and  deliver  to  the 
Contractor,  for  his  own  use  and  benefit,  all  the  plant  and  surplus  materials 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

placed  by  the  Contractor  and  then  remaining  upon  the  work  or  upon  the  land 
or  premises  temporarily  held  as  aforesaid  which  the  Engineer  shall  in  writing 
certify  are  not  required  for  the  permanent  purposes  of  the  work,  and  the  Con- 
tractor shall  immediately  remove  and  take  away  the  same,  leaving  the  work 
and  premises  in  perfect  repair,  clean  and  in  good  condition,  all  at  his  own  cost 
and  expense. 

33.  It  is  distinctly  understood  and  agreed  between  the  parties  hereto,  any- 
thing herein  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  that  if  for  any  cause  the  work 
to  he  done  hereunder  by  the  Contractor,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  impeded 
or  delayed  by  the  order  of  any  court  in  any  proceeding  at  law  or  in  equity  now 
pending  or  hereafter  to  be  brought,  there  shall  be  no  right  on  the  part  of  the 
Contractor  to  demand  or  recover  any  damages  or  to  receive  any  additional 
compensation  from  the  Company,  on  account  of  such  impediment  or  delay; 
but  that  any  loss  or  damage  caused  by  such  impediment  or  delay  shall  be  borne 
exclusively  by  the  Contractor  and  the  Company  shall  not  be  responsible  in  any 
way  therefor.  It  is  further  understood  and  agreed,  however,  that  in  case  the 
w’ork  or  any  part  thereof  shall  be  impeded  or  delayed  as  aforesaid,  then  the 
time  within  which  the  Contractor  is  required  hereunder  to  complete  the  work, 
or  any  part  thereof,  so  impeded  or  delayed,  shall  be  extended  for  an  additional 
period  equal  to  that  for  which  the  same  shall  have  been  so  impeded  or  delayed. 

34.  In  case  the  Contractor  shall  fail  to  complete  the  work  hereunder  in 
accordance  with  the  specifications  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Engineer  within 
the  time  herein  agreed  upon,  the  Contractor  shall  and  will  pay  to  the  Company 
a sum  equal  to  1/50  of  1 per  cent,  of  the  amount  paid  or  to  be  paid  him  for  the 
entire  work,  for  each  and  every  day  the  time  consumed  in  said  work  and  com- 
pletion may  exceed  the  time  herein  allowed  for  that  purpose,  which  said  sum 
in  view  of  the  difficulty  of  ascertaining  the  loss  which  the  Company  will  suffer 
by  reason  of  delay  in  the  performance  of  the  work  hereunder,  is  hereby  agreed 
upon,  fixed  and  determined  by  the  parties  hereto  as  the  liquidated  damages 
that  the  Company  will  suffer  by  reason  of  said  delay  and  default  and  not  as  a 
penalty;  and  the  Company  shall  and  may  deduct  and  retain  the  amount  of 
such  liquidated  damages  out  of  the  moneys  which  may  he  due  or  become  due 
to  the  Contractor  under  this  agreement. 

35.  It  is  further  agreed  that  if  the  Engineer  shall  at  any  time  certify  that 
in  his  opinion  sufficient  and  suitable  machinery,  tools,  plant  and  materials  are 
not  provided  or  that  a sufficient  number  of  workmen  are  not  employed  in  the 
execution  of  the  work  under  this  contract,  or  that  the  work  or  any  part  thereof 


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is  not  being  carried  on  with  due  diligence  and  dispatch  to  ensure  its  completion 
within  the  time  specified  in  the  contract,  or  if  the  Contractor  shah  not  comply 
with  such  orders  as  may  from  time  to  time  he  given  by  the  Engineer  with 
respect  to  the  work,  the  Company  may  give  the  Contractor  written  notice  re- 
quiring him  to  provide  such  additional  machinery,  tools,  plant  or  materials, 
or  to  employ  such  additional  number  of  workmen  as  the  Engineer  shall  think 
reasonable  for  the  due  execution  of  the  work  with  greater  diligence  and  dis- 
patch, or  to  comply  with  such  orders  as  aforesaid,  and  if  the  Contractor  shall 
not  within  10  days  next  ensuing  after  the  receipt  of  such  notice  comply  in  all 
respects  with  the  directions  thereof,  or  commence  the  things  thereby  I’equired 
to  be  done  and  diligently  proceed  therewith,  so  far  as  time  will  admit,  the 
Company  may: 

(1)  Declare  the  Contractor  to  be  in  default;  and  the  Company  in  addition 
to  every,  or  in  substitution  for  any  other  remedy  which  it  may  have  by  law 
or  hereunder,  may  thereupon  forthwith  procure  by  contract  or  otherwise 
either  for  the  Contractor,  for  his  account  and  at  his  risk  or  otherwise  as  the 
Company  shall  determine,  the  completion  of  the  work  embraced  in  the  con- 
tract, or,  in  any  case  where  the  Company  so  elects,  the  construction  or  pro- 
vision of  any  part  of  such  work;  and  the  Company  may  to  the  extent  of  the 
cost  of  such  completion  of  the  work  embraced  in  the  contract  or  of  such  con- 
struction or  provision  of  any  part  thereof  and  interest  on  such  cost,  withhold 
and  apply  thereon  any  moneys  otherwise  due  or  to  become  due  by  the  Company 
to  the  Contractor,  and  the  Contractor  shall  be  liable  to  the  Company  and  shall 
as  the  Company  may  from  time  to  time  require,  forthwith  pay  to  the  Com- 
pany the  excess,  if  any,  of  the  cost  to  the  Company  of  the  completion  of  such 
construction  of  the  work  embraced  in  this  contract  or  of  such  construction  or 
provision  of  any  part  thereof  over  the  amount  payable  to  the  Contractor  there- 
for under  the  terms  of  the  contract.  And  such  completion,  performance  or 
provision  by  the  Company  shall  not  release  or  discharge  the  Contractor  from 
liability  with  respect  to  his  paying  the  costs  of  maintenance  of  the  work  after 
completion  as  herein  stipulated,  or  the  remainder  of  the  construction,  or  any 
other  liability  hereunder,  or 

(2)  Declare  this  contract  at  an  end  except  as  to  liability  of  the  Contractor 
hereinafter  in  this  paragraph  provided,  and  may  make  a new  contract  for  con- 
struction with  other  parties,  upon  such  terms  as  the  Company  may  deem 
proper;  the  same  to  provide  among  other  things  that  the  new  contractor  shall 
allow  for  so  much  of  construction  as  has  been  already  completed,  a reasonable 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


amount  to  be  prescribed  in  such  new  contract  or  to  be  ascertained  as  in  such 
new  contract  to  be  provided;  and  in  such  case  the  Contractor  shall  pay  the  Com- 
pany for  all  damages  which  the  Company  shall  sustain  by  reason  of  such  failure, 
including  the  excess,  if  any,  of  the  amount  which  the  Company  shall  pay  the 
new  contractor  over  the  amount  it  would  have  had  to  pay  the  Contractor, 
party  hereto,  for  the  same  work  and  materials,  together  with  the  amount,  if 
any,  which  shall  be  due  the  Company  by  reason  of  the  delay  in  completion  of 
the  construction  and  completion  of  the  entire  work,  and 

(3)  The  Company  may  also  proceed,  as  to  the  Company  may  seem  proper, 
upon  the  bond  given  by  the  Contractor  for  the  due  performance  of  this  con- 
tract, and 

(4)  The  Company  may  also  bring  any  suit  or  proceeding  for  injunction  or  to 
recover  damages  or  to  obtain  any  relief  or  for  any  purpose  proper  under  this 
contract. 

36.  The  Contractor  hereby  agrees  to  file  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Com- 
pany, within  10  days  from  the  date  of  this  contract,  a penal  bond  in  the  sum 

of dollars  ($  )with 

good  and  sufficient  sureties  thereon,  satisfactory  to  the  Company,  conditional 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  this  contract;  should  the  Contractor  fail  to  do 
so,  this  contract  may  be  cancelled  at  the  option  of  the  Company. 

In  witness  whereof,  this  contract  has  been  executed  by  the  parties  hereto 
the  day  and  year  first  aliove  written. 

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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 


The  Index  is  not  a part  of  the  Specifications. 


Cast  iron  lined  tunnels  driven  without  shields 

Disposal  of  materials  to  be  wasted 

General  clauses 

General  description 

Miscellaneous  

Open  approach  at  Hackensack  portal 

Portals 

Shaft  and  working  sites 

Tunnels  driven  with  shields 

Tunnels  driven  without  shields 

Waterproofing 

Workmanship  and  materials 

Brick  masoury 

Bricks 

Broken  stone 

Cast  iron 

Cement  

Clay  puddle 

Concrete 

Flags  

Granitoid 

Grout  

Mortar  

Piles 

Rolled  steel 

Sand 

Steel  castings 

Stone  and  stone  masonry 

Timber 

Vitrified  conduits  for  electric  cables 

Vitrified  drain  pipes 

Wrought  iron  pipes  for  electric  ducts 

Detailed  Index  see  following  pages. 


PARAGRAPHS 

289  to  292 
304  to  308 
1 to  24 
1 to  6 
309  to  350 
295 

293  to  294 
212  to  215 
216  to  27'T 
278  to  288 
296  to  303 
25  to  211 
83  to  86 
62  to  66 
61 

132  to  156 
41  to  59 
131 
67  to  81 
130 
82 

67  to  81 
67  to  81 
25  to  26 
169  to  211 
60 

157  to  167 
87  to  105 
27  to  40 
116  to  126 
106  to  115 
127  to  129 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

A. 

PARAGRAPHS 

/Additions  and  deductions  due  to  change  of  plans 14 

Admission  to  works 310 

Advance  headings  under  Bergen  Hill 286 

Advertisements  prohibited 336 

Air  (compressed  or  other): 

Bathing  facilities  for  compressed  air  force 271 

Blasting  ahead  of  shield 233 

Blasting  fumes 223 

Bulkheads  and  air  locks 224 

Bulkheads,  number  and  removal  of 226 

Bulkheads,  strength  of 224 

Bulkheads  to  remain  until  pile  screwing 258 

By-pass  pipe  and  valves 221 

Capacity  of  compressors 217 

Carbonic  acid,  limit  of 223 

Clay  blanket 276 

Coffee  to  be  furnished  compressed  air  force 271 

Compressors,  capacity  of,  per  heading 216  to  218 

Concrete  in 267 

Continuous  records  of  pressure 275 

Continuous  work  required  in  tunnels  driven  with  shields 23 

Cooling  and  purifying 217 

Deaden  noise 223 

Delivery  of,  at  shield 220 

Exhaust  and  regulating  valves 220 

Fowler  warehouse,  Erie  Railroad 232 

Hospital  lock 271 

Hospital  lock  for  engineers 273 

Limit  of  carbonic  acid 223 

Medical  examination  of  air  men 272 

Physician 271 

Pipes  through  bulkheads 225 

Pressure  gauges 271 

Purity 223 

Removal  of,  to  test  tunnels 270 

Revolution  counters 275 

Safety  screens 227 

Screw  pile  driving 258 

Shields 228,  229  & 230 


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INDEX 


TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Air  [compressed  or  other] — {continued.) 

Soft  ground,  support  of 234 

Spare  boiler  and  compressor  plant 218 

Strength  of  bulkheads 224 

Supply  pipes 220 

Velocity 220 

Vent  pipe  from  shields  with  regulating  valve 222 

Ventilation  and  purity 223 

Work  without  intermission 23 

Alignment  in  driving  shields 231 

Alignment  of  work 339 

Annealing: 

Forgings 201 

Steel  castings 159 

Antiques 346 

Apportionment  of  Weehawken  shaft 214 

B. 

Back  filling,  Weehawken  shaft 212 

Bathing  facilities  for  compressed  air  force 271 

Bench  mark,  initial  reference 12 

Bergen  Hill  tunnels,  scheme  of  work 286 

Blasting: 

Ahead  of  shield 233 

Care  in 326 

Fumes 223  • 

Boiler  feed  water  storage 219 

Boltholes  in  timber 40 

Bolts,  washers,  grummets,  etc 241 

Bore  segments,  making  and  placing  of 164  & 245 

Borings 6 

Breaking  joints 238 

Bricks: 

Absorption 64a 

Abrasion  test 64b 

Dimensions 63 

Equal  to  samples 65 

Inspection 64 

Inspections  on  delivery 66 

Samples 64 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Bricks — {continued.) 

Specific  gravity 64c 

Vitrified 62 

Brick  masonry: 

Bonding 85 

Close  joints  not  permitted 83 

Immersion  of  bricks  for  20  minutes 83 

In  tunnels  driven  without  shield 278 

Joints 83 

Pointing  84 

Protection  of  work ; 86 

Broken  stone 61 

Buildings  to  be  fireproof 22 

Bulkheads  and  air  locks: 224 

Number  and  removal  of 226 

Retained  until  screw  piling 258 

Strength  of 224 

C. 

Cast  iron: 

Blow  holes  puttied  or  plugged 135 

Bolt  and  dowel  holes  in  screw  pile  sections 151 

Bolt  holes,  spacing  of 145 

Bosses  to  be  faced 144 

Change  in  weight 148 

Chemical  requirements 132 

Cylinder  for  testing  shape  of  screw  pile  sections 149 

Distinguishing  letter  or  number 135 

Drop  test 134 

Excess  or  shortage  of  weight 156 

Inspection  at  foundry 137 

Inspection  notice 136 

Inspection  templates  to  be  furnished  by  Contractor 142 

Machined  faces,  preservation  of 146 

Machined  when  dry 141 

Machining  of  screw  pile  sections 150 

Marking 135  & 142 

Method  of  testing  shape  of  screw  pile  sections 149 

Notice  of  shipment 136 

Oil  bath 140 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAFUS 


Cast  \vo\\~ {continued.) 

Payment,  adjustment  for  change  in  detail 348 

Payment  for  actual  weight 155 

Pitch  coating 139 

Planing  of 142 

Planing  taper  rings 143 

Quantity  of  screw  piles 154 

Rejection 134 

Screw  pile  sections  and  testing  shape  of 149 

Shipment  of  taper  rings 143 

Shipments 147 

Sinking  head 133 

Soundness 135 

Surface  finished 135 

Taper  rings  for  curves 143 

Templating  inspection 142 

Tests 134 

Weight 138 

Cast  iron  plugs  as  Contractors’  plant 246 

Cast  steel;  see  steel  castings. 

Cast  steel  tunnel  lining  where  not  shown 243 

Caulking  joints  of  lining 240 

Cement: 

Analytical  requirements 47 

Briquettes  for  tensile  tests .54 

Briquettes,  moulding  of 54 

Composition 42 

Consistency  of  test  mortar 50 

Consistency  of  test  sand  mortar 51 

Constancy  of  volume  of  neat  cement  mortar 53 

Delivery  and  storage 43 

Fineness 48 

Injured  in  storage 58 

Manufacture  of 41 

Method  of  mixing  for  test 49 

Mixing  for  tests 49 

Rate  of  application  of  stress 54 

Rejection  of 55 

Required  tensile  strength 56 

Samples • 45 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PAltAGRAPHS 

Cement — {contiyiued.) 

Sand,  standard 54 

Supply  to  be  on  hand 59 

Tensile  strength  of  mortar 56 

Tensile  test,  sampling  for 54 

Test  for  constancy  of  volume  of  neat  cement  mortar 53 

Tests  at  longer  periods 57 

Tests  of  individual  samples 46 

Tests  for  each  car  load 44 

Time  of  setting  for  test 52 

Centering 283 

Change  in  method  of  making  joints 242 

Change  of  plans 14 

Change  of  plant 334 

Changes  in  align  inent 5 

Check  plans  and  schedules 15 

Claim  due  to  changes  in  alignment 5 

Classification  of  borings  not  guaranteed 6 

Clay  blanket 276 

Clay  puddle 131 

Clay  puddle  behind  retaining  walls 212 

Cleaning  castings 236 

Cleaning  of  cast  iron  lining 267 

Cleaning  up  works 348 

Coffee  to  be  furnished  compressed  air  force 271 

Company,  meaning  of  the  word 7 

Compressed  air;  see  air. 

Concrete: 

Behind  iron  tunnel  lining,  measurement  of 292 

Broken  stone  wetted 70 

Consistency  of 72 

Contraction  joints 73 

Dead  not  to  be  used 77 

Earth  surfaces  to  be  wetted 80 

Facing  mortar,  proportions  of 79 

Facing  of 79 

Forms  for 78 

Hand  mixing 70 

Large  stones  in 71 

Leaks  to  be  stopped 81 


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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

rARAGRAPHS 

Concrete — {continued.) 

Machine  mixing YO 

Masonry  in  tunnels  driven  without  shield 278 

Mortar  made  first 70 

No  payment  for  that  displaced  by  timber 330 

No  voids 73 

Packing  behind  iron  tunnel  linings 292 

Placing  of 73 

Placing  of,  in  river  tunnels 267 

Plastering  on  face  not  allowed 79 

Preparing  surface  for  fresh  layer 74 

Proportions  of 70 

Protecting  surface 75 

Rock  surface  to  be  cleaned 80 

Troughs  around  screw  piles 262 

Tunnels  lined  with 281 

Water  for 76 

Within  screw  pile 257 

Conduits  for  electric  cables: 

Bell-mouthed 116 

Breaking  of  joints 120 

Burning  and  glazing 116 

Closures 121 

Dressing  of  ends 116 

Duct  holes 117 

Fish  wire 126 

Iron  bonds 122 

Laying  of 119 

Making  joints 120 

Manholes 125 

Measured  in  work 124 

Multiple 117 

Outside  dimensions 117 

Paraffined  plugs 123 

Pattern 117 

Payment  for 124 

Permissible  variation  in  length 117 

Samples 118 

Single 117 

Special  lengths 116 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Conduits  for  electric  cables— 

Standard  lengths 117 

Unit  price  to  include  dowels,  etc 124 

Continuous  work  except  Sundays  and  legal  holidays 24 

Continuous  work  required  in  compressed  air 23 

Contract  Drawings,  meaning  of  the  term 11 

Contraction  joints  in  retaining  walls 212 

Contractor: 

Clay  blanket,  may  deposit 276 

Damage  suits,  to  protect  Company  from 331 

Engineer’s  decision,  acceptance  of 16 

Engineer  for 18 

Facilities,  to  other  Contractors 347 

Liable  for  injuries  to  employees 331 

Meaning  of  the  word 8 

Office  of 19 

Openings,  protection  of,  by 328 

Penalties,  to  protect  company  from 332 

Permits  and  licenses,  to  obtain 332 

Plans  to  be  checked  by 15 

Plant,  to  provide  adequate 334 

Records  of  power  house  data 275 

Survey  points,  to  furnish  tools  and  labor  for  placing 338 

Weehawken  shaft,  service  arrangements  of,  for 213,  214,  286  & 288 

Cost;  see  payments  and  prices. 

Cradle  for  shield 233 

Cut  and  cover 287 

D. 

Damage  suits 331 

Damages  to  persons  or  property,  Contractor  liable  for 328 

Deductions  due  to  change  of  plans ' 14 

Defective  materials  to  be  removed 313 

Discrepancies  in  plans  and  specifications 16 

Disposal  of  materials  to  be  wasted 304  to  308 

Disposal  of  spoil  through  Bergen  Hill  tunnels 286 

Drainage: 

At  surface,  protection  to 328 

Behind  tunnel  lining 278 

Ordinary  tunnels 285 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Drainage — {continued. ) 

River  tunnels 268 

Tunnels 320 

Drain  pipes;  see  vitrified  drain  pipes. 

£. 

Electric  conduits;  see  conduits  for  electric  cables. 

Electric  machinery 216 

Elevators 271 

Emergency  locks 224 

Engine  and  boiler  house  to  be  fire-proof 22 

Engineer: 

Access  to  all  works 309 

Approval  of  medical  appointments 271 

Approval  of  plant  and  method 21 

Decisions  to  be  accepted 16 

Discharge  of  Contractor’s  employees 324 

Discharge  of  unsatisfactory  employees 324 

Discrepancies  between  plans  and  specifications,  to  decide 16 

Furnishing  plans 13 

Instructions  left  at  Contractor’s  office 19 

Instructions  to  men  on  ground 20 

Interpreting  specifications 17 

Joints  in  cast  iron  linings,  modification  of 242 

Lines  and  levels,  to  furnish 339 

May  change  methods  and  plant 21 

May  change  plans 14 

May  order  change  of  plant 334 

Meaning  of  specifications,  to  decide 17 

Meaning  of  the  word 9 

Orders  for  Contractor  at  his  office 19 

Orders  to  Contractor’s  superintendents 20 

Plans  and  specifications,  to  furnish 13 

Power  to  change  plans 14 

Quarters,  heating 273 

Right  to  enter  work 309 

Suspension  of  work  to  facilitate  surveys 337 

Work  under  direction  of 13 

Enlarged  chamber  for  shields 230 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Erection  of  tunnel  lining 238,  239  & 245 

Examination  of  air  men 272 

Excavation; 

Character  from  borings 6 

Defined  and  unclassified 316 

Disposal  of  materials  to  be  wasted 304  to  308 

Hackensack  portal  and  approach  (measurement  of) 294  & 295 

In  cast  iron  lined  tunnels  driven  without  shields 290 

In  ordinary  tunnels 280 

Measured  solid  in  place 317 

Neat  line 279 

No  payment  outside  standard  section  lines 317 

Open  approach  Hackensack 295 

Progress  measurements  and  payments  (tunnels  driven  by  shields).  277 

Screw  piles,  within 257 

Standard  section  line 280 

Tunnels  driven  without  shields 280 

Within  screw  pile 257 

Explosives 235 

Explosives,  handling  and  storage  of 327 

Extension  of  time: 343 

Claim  for 344 

Not  allowed 345 

Extra  work,  payment  for 341  & 342 

F. 

Facilities  to  other  Contractors 347 

Fences 335 

Fire  provisions 22 

Flags 130 

Force  account,  method  of  payment 341 

Foremen  and  superintendents  to  receive  orders  from  Engineer 20 

Fowler  Warehouse,  Erie  R.  R. — tunnels  under 232 

G. 

Galleries 224 

Geological  specimens  to  be  delivered  to  Engineer 346 

Granitoid 82 

Granitoid,  Weehawken  shaft 212 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Grout: 

Behind  cast  iron  tunnel  linings,  driven  without  shield 292 

Consistency  of 72 

Dead  not  to  be  used 77 

Engineer  may  omit 266 

In  tunnels  driven  without  shields 280 

Measurements  of 265 

Method  of  mixing 69 

Outside  tunnel  lining,  tunnels  driven  with  shields 265 

Proportions  of 69 

Water  for 76 

Within  screw  pile 257 

Grummets  for  bolts  in  cast  iron  linings 241 

H. 

Haulage  in  tunnels 274 

Horses  not  allowed  in  tunnels 274 

Hospital  lock 271  & 273 

Hot  and  cold  water  supply 271 

I. 

Information  in  regard  to  work  not  to  be  given  out 311 

Injury  to  employees,  Contractor  liable 331 

Inspection  facilities 312 

Inspector,  meaning  of  the  word 10 

Interpretation  of  specifications 17 

Interruption  of  work  by  litigation 343 

Iron: 

See  cast  iron. 

See  wrought  iron  pipes  for  electric  ducts. 

Iron  doors 125 

Iron  lined  tunnels  driven  without  shields 289  to  292 

J. 

Joints  in  retaining  walls 212 

Junctions  of  types  of  work 325 

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PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

L. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Leaks  to  be  stopped 81 

Lighting 271  & 284- 

Lines  and  levels,  transfer  of 337 

M. 

Machinery  for  driving  screw  piles 263 

Maintenance  after  completion 323 

Maintenance  during  construction 322 

Maintenance  of  Weehawken  shaft 213 

Manholes 125 

Manhole  segments  in  tunnel  lining 269 

Masonry : 

In  freezing  weather 315 

See  brick  masonry,  concrete,  stone  and  stone  masonry. 

Thickness 279 

. To  be  cleared  of  timbering 280 

Mean  High  Water,  meaning  of  the  term 12 

Measurements: 

Concrete  behind  iron  linings 292 

Drain  pipes 115 

Electric  conduits 124 

Excavation  in  iron  tunnels 277 

Excavation  in  solid 317 

From  plans 319 

Grout 265 

Materials  and  excavation  at  Hackensack  portal 294  & 295 

Not  outside  standard  section  line 280 

Stone  masonry 104 

Miscellaneous  work  in  Weehawken  shaft 213 

Monuments,  labor  for  placing 338 

Mortar: 

Consistency  of 72 

Dead  not  to  be  used 77 

Measuring  boxes 67 

Method  of  mixing 68 

Proportions • 68 

Units  for  proportioning 67 

Water  for 76 

Mules  and  horses  not  permitted  in  compressed  air 274 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JEESEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

N. 

, PARAGRAPHS 

Neat  lines,  definition  of 279 

No  information  to  be  given 311 

O. 

Oak 30 

Open  approach  at  Hackensack  portal 295 

Openings  of  streets  for  tunneling 2 

Openings  to  be  protected  by  Contractor 328 

Other  Contractors,  facilities  to 317 

P. 

Packing  behind  tunnels 278  & 292 

Painting  steelwork: 202 

After  erection 210 

Before  shipment 206 

Painting  tenons,  treenails,  etc 37 

Payments  and  prices: 

Actual  weights  of  cast  iron 155  & 156 

Additions  and  deductions  at  schedule  prices 311 

Additions  and  deductions  for  increased  thickness  of  masonry  ....  280 

Adjustment  for  change  in  detail  of  cast  iron 118 

Agreed  lump  sum  for  extra  work 311 

Bedding  short  screw  piles  on  rock 250 

Borings  at  screw  piles 251 

Cast  iron  lined  tunnels  driven  without  shields 289 

Cast  steel  lining  where  not  specified 213 

Change  in  making  joints 212 

Change  of  plans 11 

Clay  blanket  at  Contractor’s  expense 276 

Concrete  in  compressed  air 267 

Concrete  packing,  no  payment  for  that  displaced  by  timber 330 

Contractor  may  make  reasonable  charge  for  hauling  other  Con- 
tractors’ materials 317 

Deductions  for  cast  iron  displaced .* 211  & 269 

Due  to  change  of  alignment 5 

Electric  conduits 121 

Excavation  within  screw  pile 257 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Payments  aud  prices — (continued.) 

Extra  work 341 

For  actual  weight  of  cast  iron 154  & 155 

For  cut  and  cover  work  if  adopted 287 

For  changes  in  plans 14 

For  entire  disposal  of  material  to  be  wasted 307 

For  grout  in  masonry  tunnels  driven  without  shields 280 

For  timber  and  piles  in  work 330 

Force  account,  method  of  payment 341 

Grouting  iron  tunnels  driven  with  and  without  shields 265  & 292 

If  grouting  omitted 266 

If  masonry  increased 280 

If  shield  chamber  enlarged  by  Contractor 230 

Iron  lined  tunnels  driven  without  shields 289 

Manhole  segments  and  plugs  for  tunnel  lining 269 

Measurement  for  at  Hackensack  portal 294  & 295 

Measurements  of  screw  piles 259 

No  allowance  outside  standard  section  line 280  & 290 

No  payment  for  material  brought  into  tunnel  from  outside  of 

lining 277 

Only  for  materials  in  permanent  work 340 

Pile  shoes 26 

Plugs  for  grout  holes  in  segments 265 

Progress  estimates  for  progress  in  iron  lined  tunnels 277 

Rock  packing,  no  payment  for  that  displaced  by  timber 330 

Schedule  prices  for  screw  piles  include  bolts,  dowels,  etc 260 

Screw  piles 264 

Shield,  cradle  materials,  concrete,  rails,  etc 233 

Short  screw  piles 250 

Sliding  rings 244 

Steel  castings 167  & 168 

Timber 39 

Timber  built  in  work 282 

Timber,  fastenings,  bolts,  spikes,  etc 33  & 38 

Tunnel  per  lineal  foot  on  ground 318 

Waterproofing  of  floors 302 

Permits  and  licenses  to  be  obtained  by  Contractor 332 

Physician 271 

Piles  25 

Pile  shoes 26 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD, 

PARAGRAPHS 

Pipes: 

Protection  of 329 

See  vitrified  drain  pipes. 

See  wrought  iron  pipes  for  electric  ducts. 

Through  bulkheads 225 

Plant,  best  of  its  kind 21 

Plant  at  shaft 214 

Plant  to  be  removed 348 

Plugs  for  grout  holes  of  tunnel  lining 265 

Plums  in  concrete 71 

Police 333 

Portals 293  & 294 

Precautions  against  fire 22 

Prices;  see  payments  and  prices. 

Property  of  railroad,  protection  to 349 

Protection  of  persons  and  property 328  & 329 

Protection  of  railroad  property 349 

Puddle 131 

Pumping 320  & 322 

Purity  of  air 223 

Q 

Quantities  are  average  quantities  for  length  of  tunnels 318 

Quarters  for  men 271 

R. 

Railroad  tracks,  protection  of 329 

Rammers  for  concrete 73 

Recording  air  pre.ssures 271 

Records  of  pressures 275 

Rejected  material  to  be  removed 314 

Replacing  imperfect  castings 237 

Rock  packing,  how  measured 280,  281  & 330 

Rock  packing  in  tunnel  driven  without  shield 278 

Rolled  steel;  see  steel  and  steel  work. 

Rust  mixture 240 

S. 

Safety  screen 227 

Salaries  of  city  inspectors 333 

Sand 60 

Sanitary  conveniences 271 

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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Screw  piles: 

Bearing  faces  of  heads  and  nuts  to  be  machined 152 

Bolt  and  dowel  holes 151 

Borings  at 251 

Bulkheads  retained  until,  screw  piling 258 

Cast  iron  plugs 246 

Collar  of  sleeve 254 

Concrete  troughs 262 

Concrete  within 257 

Cylinder  for  testing  shape  of  sections 149 

Diaphragm  plates 260 

Dowels 255 

Driven  in  compressed  air 258 

Driving  of 247 

Excavation  within 257 

Filler  casting 256 

Fit  of  bolts  and  dowels 153 

Grouting  within 257 

Loading  while  driving 248 

Machinery  for  driving 263 

Machining  of  sections 150 

Measurements  for  payment 259 

Method  of  testing  shapes  of  sections 149 

Number 158 

Packing  rings 260 

Payment  for  excavation  within 257 

Payment  for,  per  pile 264 

Pile  points 165 

Piles  to  bed  rock 154 

Quantity 153 

Schedule  prices  include  bolts,  dowels,  etc 260 

Short  screw  piles 250 

Sleeves 254 

Special  top  sections 252  & 253 

Temporary  collars 254 

Testing 249 

Thickness 149 

To  bed  rock ! 247 

To  be  driven  in  compressed  air 258 

Tunnel  lining  to  be  protected 261 

Watertight  at  head 256 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Secretary  of  War,  permission  required  for  clay  blanket 276 

Section  Gj,  description  of 2 

Section  I,  description  of 3 

Section  K,  description  of 4 

Sewers  to  be  supported 329 

Shaft  and  working  sites: 

Apportionment  of  Weehawken  shaft 214 

Clay  puddle  at  VVeehawken  shaft 212 

Concrete  and  iron  in  gutter  in  Weehawken  shaft 213 

Contraction  points 212 

Contractors’ service  arrangements  Weehawken  shaft.  .213,  214,  286  & 288 

Maintenance  of  Weehawken  shaft 213 

Miscellaneous  work  in  Weehawken  shaft 213 

Retaining  wall  Weehawken  shaft 212 

Site  for  Contractors’  plant  Weehawken  shaft 214 

Specifications  of  Weehawken  shaft 212 

Stream  to  be  kept  clear  at  shaft 212 

Working  site  at  Hackensack  portal 215 

Shield: 228,  229  & 230 

Starting  of 230 

Through  rock 233 

Shield  chambers 230 

Site  for  Contractor’s  plant,  Weehawken  shaft 214 

Sites;  see  shaft  and  working  sites. 

Sliding  rings 244 

Soft  ground,  support  of 234 

Spare  boiler  and  compressor  plant 218 

Spoil  not  to  be  deposited  in  tunnels 308 

Spruce 32 

Standard  section  line: 

Cast  iron  lined  tunnels  driven  without  shields 290 

Concrete  and  brick  tunnels 281 

Definition  of 280 

No  payment  for  excavation  outside 317 

Ordinary  tunnels 280 

Weehawken  shaft 212 

Steel  and  steel  work: 

Analyses 170 

Analyses  from  drillings 171 

Angles  to  shut  cold 179 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD, 

PARAGRAPHS 

Steel  and  steel  work — {continued.) 

Annealing 201 

Chemical  requirements 169 

Chipping 200 

Cleaning 188 

Countersinking 199 

Diameter  of  rivets 194 

Drifting  tests 178 

Facing 205 

False  work 211 

Field  riveting 197 

Forge 198 

Heating  rivets 197 

Inspection  facilities 182 

Loading 208  & 209 

Open  hearth 169 

Painting 202 

Painting  after  erection 210 

Painting  before  shipment 206 

Plate  and  shape  steel 177 

Preservation  of  machined  faces 207 

Punching 191  & 192 

Eeaming 191  & 192 

Reaming  field  connections 193 

Rejection  after  inspection 183 

Retesting 181 

Rivet  steel 176 

Riveting  195 

Stiffener  angles 204 

Storage  of  material 187 

Straightening 189  & 203 

Surface  finish 172 

Templating 190 

Tensile  and  bending  test 175 

Test  bars  to  be  numbered 174 

Test  pieces  free  of  charge 180 

Variation  from  weight 173 

Workmanship 185  & 186 

Work  to  plans 184 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JEKSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

P\RAGRAPH.S 

Steel  casting: 

Annealing 159 

Blow  holes 102 

Bore  segments 164 

Brass  plugs  in  bore  segments 164 

Chemical  requirements 158 

Kind 151 

Payments  for 167  & 168 

Screw  pile  point 165 

Strength J61 

Tests 160 

Tunnel  lining 163 

Weights 166 

Stone  and  stone  masonry: 

Arch  stones 101 

Backing 97 

Cement  and  grout 98 

Cleaning  and  pointing 103 

Color 87 

Coping 99 

Coursed  92 

Foundations 89 

Hammer-dressed 105 

Headers 94 

Inspection 88 

Intrados  to  be  axed 102 

Iron  clamps 99 

Joints 96 

Laid  on  natural  bed 87 

Maximum  length  of  stones 95 

Measurement 104 

Mortar 98 

Pile,  foundations  for 90 

Quality 87 

Rock  faced 100 

Stretchers 93 

To  be  first  class 91 

Supplementary  Drawings 6 


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TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

T. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Telephones 284  & 271 

Testing  tunnel  by  removal  of  air 270 

Thickness  of  masonry  in  ordinary  tunnels 279 

Thrust  from  shield 289 

Timber: 

Built  in 282 

Fastenings,  etc.,  without  charge 38 

Framing 40 

How  paid  for 89 

Kind 27 

Left  in  work 330 

Prices  include  fastenings 33 

Quality 28 

Sizing 29 

Water  logged 34 

Work  in  foundations 36 

Timbering 282  & 291 

Timbering  displacing  packing 830 

Timbering  to  be  withdrawn 291 

Treenails 36 

V. 

Ventilation  and  purity  of  air 223 

Ventilating  tunnels 1:84 

Vitrified  electric  conduits;  see  conduits  for  electric  cables. 

Vitrified  drain  pipes: 

Burning  and  glazing 108 

Curved  pipes 112 

Definition  of  size 106 

Joints Ill 

Lengths 109 

Making  joints 114 

Matching  pipes 118 

Measurement  of .• 116 

Shape 107 

Thickness 110 

W. 

Washers  on  lining  bolts 241 

Watching 321 

W aterlogged  timber 34 

141 


INDEX 


TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PAKAORAFBS 

Waterproofing: 

Brick  tunnel  roofs 298 

Concrete  tunnel  roofs 299 

Cut  and  cover  tunnels 300 

Floors  of  tunnels 302 

Materials 297 

Portals 301 

Protection 303 

Retaining  wall 301 

Tunnels  driven  with  shield 296 

Tunnels  driven  without  shield 297  to  300 

Water  storage 219 

Watertight  at  bolts 241 

Watertight  at  head  of  screw  pile 256 

Watertight  joints 240 

Weehawken  tunnel 288 

Weight: 

Cast  iron,  actual 165  & 156 

Cast  iron,  actual  weight  paid  for 166 

Cast  iron,  one  cubic  foot 138 

Cast  steel 166 

Change  of  cast  iron 148 

Excess  or  shortage  of  cast  iron 166 

One  volume  of  cement 67 

Rolled  steel 173 

Steel  castings,  actual 167 

Steel  castings,  one  cubic  foot 166 

Variation  in  rolled  steel 173 

Work: 

Admission  to 309  & 310 

Direction  of  Engineer 13 

In  compressed  air  to  be  continuous 23 

Maintenance  after  completion 13  & 323 

Maintenance  during  construction 13  & 322 

Not  in  compressed  air  to  be  continuous  except  Sundays  and 

holidays 24 

Not  in  compressed  air  to  be  continuous  if  required  by  the 

Engineer 24 

Working  site  at  Hackensack  portal 215 

Working  sites;  see  shaft  and  working  sites. 


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INDEX 


TO  SPECIFICATIONS. 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Wrought  iron  pipes  for  electric  ducts: 

Bent 128 

Finish  of  ends 129 

Paraffined  wooden  plugs 129 

Size 127 

To  be  lap-welded 127 

Variations  in  bends 12S 

Y. 

Yellow  pine 31 


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INDEX  TO  CONTRACT 


PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 


INDKX  'TO  CONTRACT. 

The  Index  is  not  a part  of  the  Contract. 


A. 

PARAGRAPHS 


Actual  weights  and  measurements  only  paid  for 22c 

Amount  of  bond 36 


Bond: 

Amount 

Company  may  proceed  on 


B. 


36 
35  (3) 


C. 

Cement: 14 

Contractor’s  payment  for  same. 

Contractor  to  keep  safely. 

Extension  of  time  due  to  delay  in  delivery. 

In  sacks. 

Monthly  statement  of  quantity  used. 

No  claim  for  damages  if  supply  is  insufficient. 

Sufficient  supply. 

Supplied  by  Company  to  Contractor. 

Warehouse. 


Change  of  sections 5 

Claims  unsatisfied  may  be  retained  on  money  due 28 

Commencement  of  work  on  receipt  of  site  of  shaft 3 

Compan}’^ : 

Failure  of,  to  pay  monthly 24 

May  bring  suit  for  damages 35  (4) 

May  proceed  on  bond 35  (3) 

May  take  and  pay  for  plant 25 

May  retain  damages 34 

May  suspend  work  and  extend  time 25 

Not  liable  for  delay  in  handing  over  sites 29 

Not  liable  for  loss  or  damage 28 

To  give  plant  to  Contractor  conditionally 32 

To  possess  plant  and  materials 32 


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TO  CONTRACT. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY"  AND  NEW  Y"ORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Contract  may  be  ended  on  default  of  Contractor 35 

Contract  not  to  be  assigned 15 

Contract  not  to  be  sublet ItJ 

Contractor: 

Agrees  to  pay  promptly  for  all  material  and  labor 26 

All  requirements  at  his  cost 2 

Approves  minute  inspection 10 

Default  not  to  end  his  liability 35  (2) 

Entitled  to  10%  interest  on  unpaid  amounts 24 

Failure  of,  to  pay  for  materials 26 

Failure  to  remedy  insufficiency  of  plant  in  ten  days 35 

In  default  is  still  liable  for  maintenance  after  completion 35  (1) 

Liable  for  excess  of  cost  of  completion 35  (1) 

May  cease  work  on  non-receipt  of  monthly  payment 24 

No  claim  if  work  delayed  by  order  of  Court 33 

Not  obliged  to  accept  extension  of  time  if  suspension  exceeds  six 

months 25 

Not  to  assign  contract 15 

Pays  cost  of  maintenance  for  12  months 1 & 23 

Provides  for  safety  of  pej-sons  and  property 28 

Responsible  for  deaths  and  injuries 28 

Responsible  for  supply  of  materials 21 

Shall  be  in  default  for  insufficiency  of  plant 35(1) 

To  give  evidence  of  having  met  all  obligations 26 

'I’o  give  notice  of  commencement  of  manufacture 12 

To  leave  premises  in  clean  and  perfect  condition 32 

To  obtain  permits  and  meet  penalties 30 

To  obtain  other  geological  information  he  requires 6 

To  pay  Company  damages  for  non-completion  in  time.  .• 34 

To  pay  for  work  of  new  contract  plus  damages 35  (2) 

To  pay  royalties  on  patents 31 

To  protect  Company  against  liens 27 

Co-operation  of  plans  and  specifications 2 

D. 

Damages: 34 

May  be  retained  by  Company. 

To  Company  for  non-completion  in  time. 

To  Company  is  not  a penalty. 

Deductions  and  additions  to  quantities 5 

Disposal  of  spoil  other  than  specified 22h 

Drawings,  number  of 4 

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TO  CONTRACT. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

E. 

TARAGRAPHS 

Engineer: 

He  and  representatives  to  have  all  facilities  for  inspection 11 

Supervision  of  all  work •. 13 

To  be  umpire !> 

To  decide  quantity,  quality  and  compensation 9 

To  limit  payment  for  iron  delivered  on  ground 22f 

To  settle  misunderstandings 9 

Extension  of  time  if  delayed  by  order  of  Court 33 

Extra  work 8 

F. 

Franchise 1 

I. 

Injunction  of  Court,  no  claim  by  reason  of 33 

Inspection 10 

Facilities  for 11 

Insufficiency  of  Contractor’s  plant  and  progress 35 

li. 

Lengths  of  types  of  construction  approximate 19 

Liens,  Contractor  to  protect  Company  against 27 

Location  of  works 1 

M. 

Maintenance  after  completion 1,  10&23 

Manufacture,  notice  of  commencement  and  progress  of 12 

Materials  not  required  by  plans  at  net  cost  plus  10% 22g 

Measurement: 

Concrete  or  rock  packing 22d 

Excavation  in  tunnels  with  shields 22c 

Excavation  in  tunnels  without  shields 22b 

Misunderstandings,  Engineer  to  decide 9 

Monthly  payments 23 

Monthly  payment,  if  Compan}’^  fail  to  pay 24 

N. 


Non-assignment  of  Contract 


15 


INDEX 


TO  CONTRACT. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

o. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Obstructions  below  surface G 

Outline  of  contract 1 

P. 

Patents,  royalties  on 31 

Payments  and  prices: 

Actual  weights  and  measurements  only  paid  for 22e 

Ai-e  for  work  complete  exclusive  of  track 18 

Cement,  Contractor’s  payment  for  same 14 

Cement,  no  claim  for  insufficient  supply 14 

Claims  for  extra  work  to  be  sent  in  at  end  of  month 8 

Company  may  retain  and  pay  for  plant 25 

Compensation  to  be  decided  by  Engineer 9 

Contractor  agrees  to  pay  promptly  for  all  labor  and  materials. ...  20 

Contractor  entitled  to  10%  interest  on  unpaid  amounts 24 

Contractor  liable  for  excess  of  cost  of  completion 35  (1) 

Contractor  to  pay  for  work  of  new  Contract  plus  damages 35  (2) 

Contractor  to  pay  royalties  on  patents 31 

Cost  of  maintenance  after  completion 1, 10  & 23 

Damage  for  non  completion  in  time 34 

Deductions  and  additions  to  quantities  due  to  changes 5 

Engineer  to  limit  payment  for  iron  delivered  on  ground 22f 

Extra  work 8 

Failure  of  Company  to  pay  monthly 24 

For  complete  disposal  of  spoil 22b 

Iron  delivered  on  ground 21 

Materials  and  work  not  required  by  plans  at  net  cost  plus  10%. . . 22g 

May  cease  work  on  non-receipt  of  monthly  payment 24 

Measurement  of  concrete  and  rock  packing  for 22d 

Measurement  of  excavation  in  tunnels  driven  without  shields  for.  22b 

Measurement  of  e.xcavation  in  tunnels  driven  with  shields  for. . . 22c 

Money  retained  if  Contractor  fails  to  pay  for  material  and  labor. . 26 

Monthly  payments 23 

No  claim  due  to  omission  on  part  of  Engineer  or  Company 10 

No  extra  claim  for  surplus  or  deficiency  in  lengths  of  types 19 

Payment  of  Contractor  not  to  lessen  his  liability 26 

Retention,  percentage 23 

Retention,  repayment  after  six  months  from  completion 23 

Retention,  repayment  after  twelve  months  from  completion 23 

Schedule  rates,  agreement 17 

Schedule,  unit  prices  to  be  used  for  progress  estimates 20 


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TO  CONTRACT. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

PARAGRAPHS 

Payments  and  prices — {continued.) 

Suspension  of  work  by  Company,  payments  if  it  exceeds  six  months  26 

Work  not  priced  in  Schedules 5 

Work  not  required  by  plans  at  an  agreed  amount 22g 

Unit  prices  include  labor  and  materials 22a 

Penalties  to  be  met  by  Contractor 30 

Permission  to  remove  plant 32 

Permits  to  be  obtained  by  Contractor 30 

Plans  and  specifications  to  co-operate 2 

Plant  and  materials  to  become  property  of  Company 32 

Plant  and  progress,  insufficiency  of 35 

Plant  not  to  be  removed  without  permission 32 

Premises  to  be  left  in  clean  and  perfect  condition 32 

Prices  are  for  work  complete  exclusive  of  track 18 

Price  for  complete  disposal  of  spoil 22h 

Protect  persons  and  property 28 

R. 

Retention,  percentage 23 

Retention,  the  payment  after  six  months  from  completion 23 

Retention,  the  payment  after  twelve  months  from  completion 23 

Right  of  way,  Company  to  secure 29 

Royalties  on  patents 31 

S. 

Safety  of  persons  and  property 28 

Schedule  rates  agreement 17 

Schedule,  unit  prices  to  be  used  for  progress  estimates 20 

Screw  pile: 7 

Data. 

No  claim  for  difficulties  encountered. 

No  guarantee  of  results  in  driving. 

Sections,  typical 5 

Sites,  Company  to  secure 29 

Storage  of  iron  in  advance  of  work 21 

Sub-letting  only  with  consent 16 

Sub-surface  obstructions 6 

Suit  for  damages.  Company  may  bring 35  (1) 

Supervision  of  Engineer  over  all  work 13 

Supplementary  Drawings: 6 

Not  guaranteed. 

No  claim  on  information  given  thereon. 

Supply  of  materials.  Contractor  responsible  for 21 


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INDEX 


TO  CONTRACT. 

PENNSYLVANIA,  NEW  JERSEY  AND  NEW  YORK  RAILROAD. 

T. 

PARAGRAPHS 


Time 3 

Time  extended  if  delayed  by  order  of  Court 33 

Types  of  Construction: 19 

Lengths  approximate. 


No  extra  claim  for  surplus  or  deficiency  iu  length. 


U. 

Unit  prices  to  be  used  for  progress  estimates 


20 


W. 

Work;  in  accordance  with  specifications,  plans  and  franchise, 

Not  priced  in  schedules 

Not  required  by  plans,  at  net  cost  plus  10%  of 

Not  required  by  plans,  at  an  agreed  amount 

On  drawings,  typical 

Prosecution  of,  continuously  and  diligently 


1 

5 

22g 

22g 

5 

3 


1M76011 


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